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Uncle Wally 's fun guide to Aussie Slang (Part 1.).................. |
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A bad lot - bad, reprehensible, or evil person
A Bex, a cuppa and a (good) lie down - stock formula used to describe a
once popular method of relaxation (from =93Bex=94, a brand of pain
killer)
A big deal - important event; serious matter
A bit - modest sum of money: =93Reg had a bit on the winner of the last
race; Ann was left a bit when her grandmother died=94
A bit gone - mad; silly; insane
A bit more choke and (=91n=92) smb. would have started - statement to
somebody who has just farted loudly in public
A bit much - excessive or rude behavior
A bit of (o=92) a brothel - mess
A bit of (o=92) a picnic for a while (for the team) =96 (sport)
unpleasant experience, troublesome accident, bad trot
A bit of (o=92) all right - something or someone that is more than all
right: lovely, eliciting admiration, beautiful even
A bit of (o=92) currie / A bit of (o=92) curry - hard time
A bit of (o=92) fluff - (demeaning term for) woman, especially one who
is superficially attractive
A bit of (o=92) how's your father - sexual intercourse
A bit of (o=92) skirt - (offensive) woman who a male is only interested
in for sexual purposes
A bit of (o=92) smooey / A bit of (o=92) smooy - sexual intercourse with
a woman
A bit of (o=92) understatement here - something or someone that is more
than all right: lovely, eliciting admiration, beautiful even
A bit on the nose =96 smelly
A bit on the side - sexual relations outside of a marriage or
monogamous relationship
A bit rough - unfair or unjust
A bite short of (o=92) a bickie (bicky) / A bite short of (o=92) a bikkie
(bikky) - not very intelligent
A certain odd the field - call used by bookmakers in order to drum up
business, meaning that the favourite is offered at the odds called out
and all other horses are at better odds: =93Six to four the field!=94
A cup of (o=92) tea, a Bex, and a good lie down - stock formula used to
describe a once popular method of relaxation
A fair cop =96 1. just sentence; 2. discovery of a wrongdoer in the act
or with their guilt apparent
A feed, a frostie and (=91n=92) a feature / A feed, a frosty and (=91n=92)
a feature - food, beer and sex
A few alps short of (o=92) a range - stock phrases used to describe a
stupid person
A few bangers short of (o=92) a barbie / A few bangers short of (o=92) a
barby - stock phrases used to describe a stupid person
A few bites short of (o=92) a bickie (bicky) / A few bites short of
(o=92) a bikkie (bikky) - not very intelligent
A few bites short of (o=92) a biscuit - stock phrases used to describe a
stupid person
A few bricks short of (o=92) a load - stock phrases used to describe a
stupid person
A few cents short of (o=92) a dollar - not everything is in order (with
smb.=92s intellect)
A few chops short of (o=92) a barbie / A few chops short of (o=92) a
barby - not everything is in order (with smb.=92s intellect)
A few crumbs short of (o=92) a biscuit - neuron impaired
A few dice short of (o=92) Yahtzee - not very intelligent or mentally
incapable
A few French fries short of (o=92) a happy meal - not too bright
A few Holdens short of (o=92) a carpark =96 stupid
A few sandwiches short of (o=92) a picnic - stock phrases used to
describe a stupid person
A few snags short of (o=92) a barbie / A few snags short of (o=92) a
barby - stock phrases used to describe a stupid person
A few snags short of (o=92) the barbie / A few snags short of (o=92) the
barby =96 idiot
A few stubbies short of (o=92) a six-pack - stupid
A few tiles short of (o=92) a roof =96 slow, not very quick
A few tinnies short of (o=92) a slab - slow in thinking
A=2EI.F. - deaf
A lot on the plate - a lot to do
A-OK - very good; functioning correctly
A-okay - very good; functioning correctly
A over T - fall heavily
A pox on (smb. or smth.)! - expression of annoyance directed towards
someone or something: =93A pox on panty-hose!=94; =93A pox on the
Council!=94
-a-rama =96 (suffix) a) surrounded by or inundated by a specified thing:
=93tack-a-rama=94 (something incredibly tacky); b) denoting a superb or
extreme example of a specified thing: =93spunk-a-rama=94 (incredible
spunk)
A rooster one day and a feather duster the next - expression describing
the uncertainty of continued popularity or success
A Tim Tam short of a packet - not having full intelligence; stupid;
moronic (from the propriety name of popular brand of chocolate
biscuits)
A=2EV.Jennings marriage / A.V.Jennings=92 marriage / A.V.Jennings=92s
marriage =96 one=92s first marriage (A.V.Jennings is a builder in
Australia specializing in building houses for young married)
A=2EW.L. - absent without leave
A wake-up (to ) =96 (n.) 1. fully aware of what is going on; 2. alert;
3=2E aware of someone's ruse, deceitfulness, hidden agenda, etc.
Abbo / Abo - abbreviation for aborigine (no longer a politically
correct term)
ABC - Chinese person born and raised in Australia (standing for
Australian-Born Chinese; in the US it is similarly used to stand for an
American-Born Chinese)
Abdul =96 (WWI Military, obsolete) Turkish soldier
Abo - Aborigine; Aboriginal
Abs =96 (weights) abdominal muscles
Abso-bloodie-lutely / Abso-bloody-lutely - positively; yes
AC/DC - attracted to both males and females as sexual partners;
bisexual
Ac-dc - bisexual
Acca - academic (university-type)
Accident - person born from an unplanned pregnancy: =93I was definitely
an accident=94
Ace =96 1. Excellent! Very good! 2. excellent; first in quality;
outstanding: =93The kids think he's ace=94; 3. successfully achieve,
complete, etc.: =93You aced that exam=94
Acid =96 LSD
Acid head - one who takes LSD
Acid house - type of dance music
Acidic - having an acid house influence (of dance music)
Acker =96 (n.) academic; pimple (abbreviated from =93acne=94)
Acre(s) - male testicle(s)
Act - pretending to be something you're not
Action - potentially sexually available people: =93checking out the
action=94
Add fuel to the fire - make a bad situation worse
Add insult to injurie / Add insult to injury - compound a grievance
already committed against someone
Add (smth.) to one's belt - acquire a favourable point
Adios =96 goodbye
ADO -
accumulated day off
Adrian Quist =96 pissed (rhyming slang), drunk
Adrian's / Adrians - rhyming slang for drunk. From tennis player's
name Adrian Quist. Quist rhymes with =93pissed=94, hence drunk.
Aerial =96 (surfing, skating, etc.) controlled manoeurvre in which the
rider and board become airborne
Aerial ping pong / Aerial ping-pong / Aerial pingpong - Australian
Rules football
Aeroplane - airplane
Aesthetically challenged =96 ugly
Afferbeck lauder =96 (Strine) alphabetical order
Afghani dark - type of marijuana
After dark - shark
Afternoon delight - sexual intercourse in the afternoon
Aftie - afternoon
Aggers =96 (adj.) aggressive: =93aggers to the max=94
Aggro / Agro =96 1. aggressive; dominating; 2. aggression; violence; 3.
aggravation; 4. well known puppet
Agot(s) =96 testicle(s)
Agricultural shot =96 (cricket) wild slog of the ball, usually over
square leg or mid wicket (so called as it is the sort of shot a farmer
might make)
Ai caramba - exclamation of dismay (Spanish; 19th C. slang, recently
re-popularised by the television show =93The Simpsons=94)
Ai chihuahua - exclamation of surprise
AIF - 1st or 2nd Australian Imperial Forces
Ain=92t it the truth / Aint it the truth - expression of sympathy and
agreement
Air =96 (sport) 1. amount of height gained when getting airborne:
=93Great air!=94; 2. (surfing, skating, etc.) controlled manoeuvre in
which the rider and board become airborne; aerial
Air fridge - 1. mean sum, quantity; 2. ordinary, not extreme: =93air
fridge person=94; =93air fridge man in the street=94; 3. average
Air guitar - pretence of playing an imaginary guitar: =93alone in his
room playing air guitar=94
Air hostess - flight attendant, aerial waitress and lifejacket
demonstrator
Air kiss - formalised kiss in which the cheeks sometimes touch but
never the lips
Air quotes - twitching of the upheld pointer and index fingers of both
hands to mark out a spoken word as a quotation or otherwise distance
oneself from the word
Airhead - empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous person
Airp's trek / Airps trek - mon painting, furniture, architecture, etc.
Airpsly fair billis - quite pleasant; mildly enjoyable
Airie-fairie / Airy-fairy =96 1. insubstantial, hare-brained, nothing
much, in one's dreams; 2. fancy; 3. vague
Aka - native companion
Akubra -
famed Australian-made felt hat, an essential part of country attire
Al Capone - rhyming slang for telephone
Alco - alcoholic
Alec - simple minded person, dupe
Alf - stupid person
Alibi - secret language used by schoolchildren in which normal words
are modified by adding into each syllable the sounds =93ullab=94; thus
=93hug=94 becomes =93hullabug=94, =93You are a pig=94 becomes =93Yullaboo
ullabar ullaba pillabig=94
Alice, the =96 Alice Springs, Central Australia
Alkie / Alko / Alky =96 alcoholic
All alone like a countrie dunnie / All alone like a country dunny -
without company; alone
All dolled up - dressed in one's best clothes
All ears
- listening attentively
All froth and no beer / All froth =91n=92 no beer - full of himself
All Greek - (of someone's speech) unintelligible
All over - with great affection towards; excessively attentive to:
=93She was all over him as soon as he entered the room=94
All over (smb.) like a rash =96 1. excessively and sycophantically
attentive to (someone); 2. smother (someone) in kisses and cuddles; 3.
feel or fondle (someone)
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) breakfast - be in
complete confusion and disarray
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) custard - out of control
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) knitting - out of
control
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) lunch box - out of
control
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) ***** - out of control
All over the place like a mad woman's (womans) washing - out of control
All ***** and wind / All ***** 'n' wind - loquacious, but insincere
loquacious, but insincere
All ponced up - dressed up smartly; spruced up
All pooned up - all dressed up to go out; togged out in one's finest
(clipped form of =93poonce=94)
All ***** and ribs like a drover=92s dog / All ***** and ribs, like a
drovers dog / All ***** =91n=92 ribs like a drover=92s dog / All *****
=91n=92 ribs, like a drovers dog =96 thin
All shine, no shoes - fake, fraud
All smiles - very happy
All stations - Alsatian (dog)
All the go - something is right with it, popular
Alley =96 1. (n.) forte: =93It's right up my alley=94; 2. two-up school,
run on organised lines and under strict control; 3. (horseracing)
position at the barrier, drawn by a horse for a race: =93He went to the
front from a wide alley=94; 4) large playing marble
Alley oop / Alleyoop - exclamation of encouragement, exhortation, etc.,
some vigorous action or forceful effort
Alley up - pay up (a debt, etc.)
Alma grey - (obsolete) trey, threepence
Almond rocks - pair of socks (rhyming slang)
Alot - (common spelling error, but also used deliberately as a =93cool=94
spelling) 1. great deal: =93The traffic has eased up and we're cruising
alot faster now=94; 2. many; a great number or amount of: =93It was alot
of fun=94
Alrighty - yes; okay
Also-ran =96 1. (horseracing) unplaced horse in a race; 2. nonentity
Alterna =96 (pref.) alternative; unconventional; not an ordinary or
run-of-the-mill example of: =93alternababe=94, =93alternateens=94,
=93alternadom=94, =93alternarock=94
Alternative =96 1. (of music) different to any of the mainstream genres,
such as that available on indie labels; 2. (of any aspect of popular
culture) not having a mainstream following
Aluminium - useful metal
Always in the ***** - always in trouble
Amber - beer
Amber fluid =96 beer
Amber liquid =96 beer
Amber nectar
=96 beer
Ambience - type of electronic dance music
Ambient - of or pertaining to a genre of music designed to induce a
calm mood in the listener; type of electronic dance music
Ambo - ambulance; ambulance officer
Amigo - friend
Ammo - ammunition
Amos and Andie / Amos and Andy / Amos =91n=92 Andie / Amos =91n=92 Andy =96
brandy
Amp - get excited; become thrilled: =93keep amping; totally amped=94
Amyl - chemical amyl nitrite, used as a sexual stimulant
Anaesthetist =96 anesthesiologist
Anal =96 1. obsessive; 2. finicky; 3. fussy; 4. having to have
everything in strict order, set up perfectly neatly, etc.: =93Don't be
so anal=94 (from psychoanalytical terminology, relating to an anal
character or the anal stage)
Anal floss - G-strings or other items of skimpy underwear that rides up
the anal cleft
Anal retent - excessively anal person
Anally retentive - excessively meticulous and rigid about minor things
Anchor(s) =96 brake(s)
Ancient history - information or events of the recent past which are
common knowledge or are no longer relevant: =93As far as I'm concerned,
he's ancient history=94; finished or gone irrevocably
Andie Capp / Andy Capp - crap; defecate
Andie Maguire / Andy Maguire - fire
Angel gear =96 (motoring) neutral gear, especially when used to coast
downhill to save fuel
Angel's kiss / angels kiss - *****
Angle of the dangle - pertaining to an erection of the penis
Anglo - (often derogatory) Australian of Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Celtic
descent
Animal =96 1. disgusting person; 2. highly-sexed person; 3. (car sales)
very dirty car
Ankle - despicable person (so-called because "an ankle is three feet
lower than a *****")
Ankle biter / Ankle-biter / Anklebiter - child, infant
Ankles =96 (insultingly) three feet lower than a *****, or the only thing
seen out of the boss's arse; suckup
Annie Louise / Anny Louise - cheese
Another
nail in the coffin =96 smb. is smoking another cigarette
Ant's pants / Ants pants =96 1. height of fashion;
2=2E high opinion of themselves
Anthem - song or piece of music seen indicative of, or encapsulating
the feelings and ideas of, a particular subculture
Anthemic - (of music) regarded as an anthem
Any old Joe blow - anyone you don't even know, someone you do not know
the name of
Any tic of the clock - very soon
Anyhow mate! - saying used to
change the subject when talking (usually when they bored with what you
are saying)
ANZAC - Australian & New Zealand Army Corps
Anzac - member of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (see
=93digger=94)
Aorta - composite but non-existant Authority which is held responsible
for practically
everything unpleasant in the Strine way of life; personification of the
benevolently paternal welfare State to which all Strines - being
fiercly independant and
individualistic - appeal for help and comfort in moments of frustration
and anguish: =93Aorta build another arber bridge=94; =93An aorta stop half
of these cars
from cummer ninner the city - so a feller can get twirkon time.=94
APC - quick wash (initialism from the phrase =93Arm Pits and Crotch=94,
punning on the brand name of a former headache powder)
Ape - large, uncouth, boorish man
Ape hangers =96 (pl. n.) motorcycle or bicycle handlebars so curved that
the handles are above the level of the rider's shoulders
App - application
Apple eater - someone who lives in the state of Tasmania (apple growing
state) Apple Islander =96 someone from Tasmania
Apple Isle - Tasmania
Apple sauce - horse
Apple tart =96 (n., v.) fart: =93He apple tarted=94
Apples =96 1. okay, alright; 2. stairs (from rhyming slang =93apples and
pears=94)
Apples and pears =96 stairs (rhyming slang)
Apricot(s) =96 testicle(s) (reproductive glands)
Aras =96 1. bottle; 2. arse
Are you right? - typical shop assistant's greeting meaning "Can I help
you?"
Arfie-darfie / Arfy-darfy - secret language used by schoolchildren
Argie bargie / Argie-bargie / Argy bargy / Argy-bargy - tedious;
argumentative
Argue the toss =96 1. dispute a decision or command; 2. go on arguing
after a dispute has been settled
Aris =96 1. bottle; 2. arse
Aristotle =96 1. bottle; 2. arse (1: straight rhyming slang; 2:
secondary rhyming slang, =93bottle and glass=94 =3D arse)
Ark Ellerie / Ark Ellery - mon painting, furniture, architecture, etc.
Arkahn's top / Arkahn's top =96 (Strine) I can't stop
Arm Arm / Arm-arm =96 child=92s appeal to his mother for help: =93Arm arm,
makim stop=94
Arm pit =96 smth./smb. stinking; terrible
-aroonie =96 (suffix) used to make colloquial or slang forms of nouns
and adjectives: =93It was a buzzaroonie=94; =93complete stifferoonie=94;
=93Muzzaroonie=94 (Murry); =93smashed it to smitheroonies=94
Around like a risole =96 later
Arp language - secret language used by schoolchildren in which normal
words are modified by adding into each syllable the sound =93arp=94; thus
=93hug=94 becomes =93harpug=94; =93You are a pig=94 becomes =93Yarpu arpar
arpa parpig=94 (see: =93arpie-darpie=94 etc.)
Arpie-darpie / Arpy-darpy - secret language used by schoolchildren in
which normal words are modified by adding into each syllable the sound
=93arp=94; thus =93hug=94 becomes =93harpug=94; =93You are a pig=94 becomes
=93Yarpu arpar arpa parpig=94 (see: =93alibi=94, =93eggy-peggy=94, =93obo
language=94, =93arfie-darfie=94, =93arple-darple=94, =93arp language=94,
=93kerosene language=94)
Arple-darple - secret language used by schoolchildren in which normal
words are modified by adding into each syllable the syllable =93arple=94
(see: =93arfie-darfie=94 etc.)
Arse =961. rump; bottom; buttocks; posterior; 2. despised person; 3.
impudence: =93What arse!=94; 4. person considered as a sex object: =93What
a nice bit of arse!=94; 5. good luck
Arse about =96 1. in reverse or illogical order: =93He did the exercise
completely arse about=94; 2. act like a fool; 3. waste time
Arse about face - something is back to front
Arse around =96 1. act like a fool; 2. waste time
Arse bandit - male homosexual
Arse end =96 1. tail end; 2. base; 3. worst part: =93This place is the
arse end of the world=94
Arse-licker =96 1. self-seeking flatterer; 2. fawning, servile parasite;
3=2E sycophant
Arse-licking =96 1. sycophantic; 2. extremely good: =93the most
arse-licking bass you'll ever hear=94
Arse over header - varsovienna, dance
Arse over tip - fall over
Arse over tit - upside down; fallen heavily and awkwardly usually in a
forward direction
Arse-sucker - sycophant; arse-licker
Arse up / Arse-up =96 1. spoil; 2. cause to fail; 3. wrong side up; 4.
topsy-turvy; 5. incorrect; 6. in a clumsy fashion
Arsehole =96 1. *****; 2. despised person, especially a male; person who
is selfish, rude, unkind, etc.; 3. remove a person from a place quickly
and without ceremony; throw someone out; 4. dismiss; sack
Arsehole about - fool around
Arsewipe - despicable person (from US slang =93asswipe=94 - toilet paper)
Arsey / Arsie / Arsy - lucky
Artist =961. fanatical supporter (=93bullshit artist=94); 2. someone who
does (action) with a certain flair: =93dob artist=94, =93fart artist=94; 3.
person noted or notorious for a reprehensible aspect of their
behaviour: =93booze artist=94
Arvie / Arvo =96 afternoon
As =96 (conj.) used after an adjective to denote that what is being
described is a superb or extreme example of that thing: =93he was as
fickle as=94; =93this place is hot as=94; =93I'm tired as=94
As awkward as a bull in a china shop - extremely clumsy
As bald as a bandicoot - remarkably bald
As bent as a nine dollar note =96 gay
As bright as a two-watt bulb - stupid
As buggerie / As buggery - intensifier: =93gentle as buggery=94; =93hot as
buggery=94
As busie as a blowie at a barbie / As busy as a blowy at a barby - very
busy or hyperactive
As busie as a cat burying ***** / As busy as a cat burying ***** =96 busy
As busie as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest / As busy as
a one-legged bloke in an arse-kicking contest - do nothing
As busie as Bourke street in the rush hour / As busy as Bourke street
in the rush hour - very busy (Bourke St. is a main street in Melbourne)
As camp as a row - (of a male) homosexual
As camp as a row of (o=92) (pink) tents - (of a male) homosexual
As cheap as chips - extremely cheap
As cheap as dirt - extremely cheap
As clear as mud =96 confusing
As cold as a witch's tit / As cold as a witches tit - extremely cold
As common as a cat in Springvale - rare (alluding to Vietnamese
eating cats)
As common as a dog in Springvale - rare (alluding to Vietnamese eating
dogs)
As common as dog (dog=92s, dogs) ***** - very common
As compassionate as a starving shark - have no sympathy at all
As crissed as a picket - pissed as a cricket
As crook(ed) as a dog - feeling extremely unwell
As crook(ed) as a dog's hind leg / As crook(ed) as a dogs hind leg =96
1=2E feeling extremely unwell; 2. very crooked; not straight
As crook(ed) as a mangie dog / As crook(ed) as a mangy dog - feeling
extremely unwell
As crook(ed) as Rookwood =96 (very) sick, unwell (from =93Rookwood=94 -
Cemetery in Sydney)
As cross as a frog in a sock =96 person=92s hard drive (sounding angry)
As cunning as a dunnie rat / As cunning as a dunny rat - very cunning
As
cunning as a shithouse rat - very cunning and underhanded
As cute as a button - extremely cute [originally an aphetic variant of
=93acute=94 - shrewd, clever; there is quite a distinct semantic
difference between a =93cute puppy=94 and a =93cute butt=94; the often
quoted =93true=94 or =93dictionary=94 definition of =93cute=94 as =93ugly b=
ut
interesting=94 does not exist in any actual dictionary and most probably
originally arose as a joke. (Macquarie Dictionary: Book of Slang. -
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/p/dictionary/slang-a.html)]
As dark as three feet up a cow's arsehole / As dark as three feet up a
cows arsehole - extremely dark
As dead as mutton =96 1. undeniably dead; 2. dull; boring
As drunk as a fowl =96 very drunk
As drunk as a lord =96 very drunk
As drunk as an earl =96 very drunk
As drunk as a ***** ant / As drunk as a *****-ant / As drunk as a pissant
=96 very drunk
As drunk as a prince =96 very drunk
As drunk as a skunk =96 very drunk
As drunk as a tick =96 very drunk
As drunk as an earl =96 very drunk
As drunk as Chloe - very drunk [clearly not derived from the famous
painting of Chloe in Young and Jackson's Hotel, Melbourne, as the
expression appeared many years before the painting was actually painted
Macquarie Dictionary: Book of Slang. -
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/p/dictionary/slang-a.html)]
As drunk as Larrie Dooley / As drunk as Larry Dooley - very drunk
As dry as a bull=92s (bulls ) bum going up a hill backward =96 1. very
thirsty; 2. very dry
As dry as a dead dingo's donger / As dry as a dead dingos donger =96 1.
very thirsty; 2. very dry
As dry as a drover's dog / As dry as a drovers dog =96 1. very thirsty;
2=2E very dry
As dry as a ***** with no foreplay =96 1. very thirsty; 2. very dry
As dry as a nun's nastie / As dry as a nun=92s nasty / As dry as a nuns
nastie / As dry as a nuns nasty =96 1. needing a drink ; 2. very dry
As dry as a nun's tit / As dry as a nuns tit =96 1. needing a drink ; 2.
very dry
As dry as a Pomie's (Pomies) bath mat / As dry as a Pommy's bath mat /
As dry as a Pommie's (Pommies) bath mat / As dry as a Pomy's bath mat
=96 1. needing a drink; 2. very dry (based on the canard that Poms bathe
about once a month)
As dry as a Pomie's (Pomies) towel / As dry as a Pommie's (Pommies)
towel / As dry as a Pommy's towel / As dry as a Pomy's towel =96 1.
needing a drink ; 2. very dry (based on the canard that Poms bathe
about once a month)
As dry as a witch's tit (in the desert) / As dry as a witches tit (in
the desert) =96 1. very thirsty; 2. very dry
As dry as an Arab's fart / As dry as an Arabs fart =96 1. very thirsty;
2=2E very dry
As dull as dishwater - very boring
As fine as a fairie's fart / As fine as a fairies fart / As fine as a
fairy's fart - very delicate
As fit as a buck rat - even fitter than a Mallee bull (meaning sexually
active)
As fit as a Mallee bull =96 almost invincible; very fit and strong. (The
Mallee is very arid beef country in Victoria/South Australia.)
As flash as a rat with a gold tooth - (of a person) showy or
ostentatious; dressed and groomed nicely
As full as a boot =96 1. very drunk; 2. replete with food
As full as a Catholic school =96 full up
As full as
a fairie's phone book / As full as a fairies phone book / As full as a
fairy's phone book - something that is not at all empty
As full as a familie po / As full as a family po =96 1. very drunk; 2.
replete with food; 3. extremely full
As full as a fat ladie's knickers / As full as a fat ladies knickers /
As full as a fat lady's knickers - couldn't have any more food/drink
As full as a fat ladie's socks / As full as a fat ladies socks / As
full as a fat lady's socks - couldn't have any more food/drink
As full as a fat man's undies / As full as a fat mans undies =96 full up
As full as a goog - full;
drunk or eaten to the excess. ("Goog" is a variation of the northern
English slangword "goggie" meaning an egg.)
As full as a secondary
school hat rack - very drunk
As full as a state school =96 1. very drunk; 2. replete with food
As funnie as a fart in a sleeping bag / As funny as a fart in a
sleeping bag =96 not very funny
As funnie as a fart in a space suit / As funny as a fart in a space
suit =96 not very funny
As funnie as a fart in an elevator / As funny as a
fart in an elevator =96 not very funny
As funnie as a hatful of arseholes /
As funny as a hatful of arseholes - very funny (said sarcastically: not
funny at all)
As game as a ***** ant / As game as a *****-ant / As game as a pissant -
very daring
As game as Ned Kellie / As game as Ned
Kelly =96 1. have a go; 2. very game; courageous; 3. with fighting
spirit; plucky; resolute [Edward Ned Kelly was a bushranger, or outlaw
who gained notoriety last century with his gang "The Kelly Gang". They
were responsible for many holdups of travellers. His "trademark" was
an iron helmet and breastplate which he fashioned from an old plough
late in his "career". He was finally captured in a bloody shootout at
a place called Glenrowan, where the gang was besieged by troopers. It
looks like the gang was all killed, except for Kelly who stood off the
troopers in his armour until his wounds overcame him. He was promptly
hung a short time later, in Melbourne Gaol in 1880; his last words
being "Such is life". He attained the fame in Australia that outlaws
in America similarly received. (Soc.culture.australian FAQ. =96 P.III. -
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/australian-faq/part3/)]
As game as Phar Lap =96 1. have a go; 2. very game; courageous; 3. with
fighting spirit; plucky; resolute
As good as gold! / As good as gold - great
As good as two blondes put together - not very smart
As handie as mudflaps on a speedboat
/ As handy as mudflaps on a speedboat - not handy at all
As handie as pockets on a singlet / As handy as pockets on a singlet =96
useless
As handie as ***** on a stick / As handy as ***** on a stick - not
much help
As happie as a ***** on father's day / As happie as a ***** on
fathers day / As happy as a ***** on father's day / As happy as a
***** on fathers day - unhappy, depressed
As happie as a boxing kangaroo in fog / As happy as a boxing kangaroo
in fog - miserable
As happie as a dog with two dicks / As happy as a dog with two dicks -
very happy
As happie as a Larrie / As happy as a Larry - very happy
As happie as a pig in
mud / As happy as a pig in mud - very happy
As happie as a pig in
***** / As happy as a pig in ***** - very happy
As happie as Harrie / As happy as Harry =96 extremely overjoyed
As high as a kite =96 1. under the influence of drugs or alcohol; 2. in
exuberant spirits
As honest as the day is long - very honest
As if - used to express complete disbelief or disagreement; in your
dreams: =93You're asking me on a date! With you? As if!=94
As Irish as Paddie's pigs / As Irish as Paddies pigs / As Irish as
Paddy's pigs - very Irish (familiar variant of Irish Padraig =3D Patrick)
As keen as mustard - enthusiastic about something
As livelie as a blowfly on a winter's day / As livelie as a blowfly on
a winters day / As lively as a blowfly on a winter's day / As lively as
a blowfly on a winters day =96 lethargic
As lonelie as a countrie dunnie / As lonelie as a country dunny / As
lonely as a countrie dunnie / As lonely as a country dunny =96 very
lonely
As long as a month of Sundays - very long time (28 - 31 weeks)
As long as a wet weekend - extremely long
As long as one=92s arse points to the ground - as long as smb. is up and
running things
As loose as a ***** in a sock - very loose
As luckie as a ***** on father's day / As luckie as a ***** on
fathers day / As lucky as a ***** on father's day / As lucky as a
***** on fathers day - unhappy, depressed
As mad as a baptist in a brothel - really angry
As mad as a cut
snake =96 furious; very upset; crazy
As mad as a gumtree full of galahs - 1. quite stupid (from the name of
the pink and grey cockatoo, from the Aboriginal language Yuwaalaraay);
2=2E furious; very upset; crazy
As mad as a meat axe - extremely angry
As mad as a two-bob watch - stupid; idiotic; erratic
As mean as a mysogynist's ***** / As mean as a mysogynists ***** =96 1.
picky or particular; 2. not free with money
As mean as cat's ***** / As mean as cats ***** - mean, stingy,
uncharitable
As much chance as pushing ***** uphill with a rubber fork - little or no
chance at
As needed as a back pocket in a t-shirt / As needed as a back pocket in
a tshirt - not useful
As noisie as a dunnie door in a storm / As noisy as a dunny door in a
storm =96 being rather noisy for a long time
As nuttie as a fruitcake / As nutty as a fruitcake - foolish; very
eccentric; completely mad
As ol=92 as the hills / As old as the hills - very old
As pissed as a ***** - extremely drunk
As pissed as a ***** - extremely drunk (Middle English cunte, counte, in
Old Norse kunta, Old Frisian kunte)
As pissed as a fart - too much drunk
As pissed as a newt =96 drunk
As pissed as a parrot =96 drunk
As pissed as fortie arseholes / As pissed as forty arseholes -
extremely drunk
As pleased as Punch - delighted; highly pleased
As popular as a mangie dog / As popular as a mangy dog - not popular
As proud as a rat with a gold tooth - very proud
As queer as a concrete parachute - poof or lesbian
As quick as a bumnut through an eggslice - quick
As quick as a door knob - very quick
As quick as a flash - very quick
As quick as a meat axe - very quick
As quick as a mutton chop - very quick
As quick as a rat up a rope - very quick
As quick as a wink - very quick
As quick as greased lightning - very quick
As quick as mercury - very quick
As rare as hen's teeth / As rare as hens teeth =96 rare
As regular as Christmas - regularly
As reliable as a two-bob watch - watch costing only two bob would not
be very reliable
As rough as a pig=92s breakfast / As rough as a pigs breakfast
- very rough, crude
As rough as bags - (of a person) extremely rough in either manners or
looks
As rough as bags and twice as nasty / As rough as bag(s) =91n=92 twice as
nasty - uncouth, rough
As rough as goat=92s knees / As rough as goats knees / As rough as
goats' knees - very rough, crude
As rough as guts =96 1. very rough, crude; 2. extremely uncouth; 3. very
poor standard of workmanship
As rough as mullet - very rough, crude
As safe as houses - completely safe
As scarce as hen's teeth / As scarce as hens teeth / As scarce as
hens=92 teeth =96 rare
As scarce as rocking-horse (horse=92s, horses) manure - rare
As scarce
as rocking horse (horse=92s, horses) ***** - very rare
As sharp as a beach-ball / As sharp as a beachball - not very bright
and quick
As sick as a dog - very sick
As sillie as a pork chop / As silly as a pork chop - very silly
As sillie as a two-bob watch / As silly as a two-bob watch - stupid;
idiotic; erratic
As slick as greased snake ***** =96 1. smooth talker; 2. something
working better than expected
As slow as a wet week - very slow
As stiff as a Saturday night ***** - sore from exertion / exercise
As stiff as a wedding night ***** - sore from exertion /exercise
As stuffed as a ***** on Father's Day / As stuffed as a ***** on
Fathers Day - can't eat another thing
As sure as ***** - absolutely sure; positive
As sure as there is cold ***** in a dead cat / As sure as there's cold
***** in a dead cat - the certainty of the situation
As the actress said to the bishop - catchphrase used to make a sexual
innuendo out of an innocent statement
As the crow flies - in a straight line
As thick as a brickie's sandwich / As thick as a brickies sandwich / As
thick as a bricky's sandwich =96 dopey
As thick as a lump of 4 X 2 / As thick as a lump of four by two - not
well endowed with grey matter
As thick as a wharfie's sandwich / As thick as a wharfies sandwich / As
thick as a wharfy's sandwich =96 dopey
As tight as a bull's arse in fly-time / As tight as a bulls arse in
fly-time - extremely mean with money; tight-arsed
As tight as a drum - (of the stomach) completely full of food
As tight as a duck's arse / As tight as a ducks arse - extremely mean
with money; tight-arsed
As tight as a fish's arse / As tight as a fishes arse - extremely mean
with money; tight-arsed
As tight as a mouse's ear / As tight as a mouses ear - extremely mean
with money; tight-arsed
As tight as a newt - extremely drunk
As toey as a Roman sandal =96 1. extremely anxious; 2. being in need of
a bit of sex As
tough as a Mallee bull =96 almost invincible
As uglie as a bag of (o=92) spanners / As ugly as a bag of (o=92)
spanners =96 very ugly
As uglie as a bagful of (o=92) arseholes / As ugly as a bagful of (o=92)
arseholes - unattractive; very ugly, especially of a person
As uglie as a box of (o=92) blowflies / As ugly as a box of (o=92)
blowflies - really ugly As uglie as a hatful of (o=92)
arseholes / As ugly as a hatful of (o=92) arseholes - very ugly
As useful as a bucket under a bull =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a ***** full of cold water - not very usefull
As useful as a dead dingo's donger / As useful as a dead dingos donger
- completely useless
As useful as a drover's pup / As useful as a drovers pup - not useful
at all
As useful as a dry thunderstorm =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a fart in a collander - useless (collander is a kitchen
strainer)
As useful as a G rated pron flick =96 useless
As useful as a glass door on a dunnie / As useful as a glass door on a
dunny - useless
As useful as a handbrake on a Holden =96 useless
As useful as a nun's ***** / As useful as a nuns ***** - not useful at
all
As useful as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest =96 useless
As useful as a ***** in a shower =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a pocket on a singlet =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a roo-bar on a skateboard =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a sore arse to a boundarie rider / As useful as a sore
arse to a boundary rider =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a spare ***** at a wedding =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a submarine with screen doors =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a third armpit =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a wart on the hip =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a wether at a ram sale =96 absolutely useless
As useful as a witch's tit / As useful as a witches tit =96 absolutely
useless
As useful as an arsehole on a broom =96 absolutely useless
As useful as an ashtray on a motorbike =96 useless
As useful as an ashtray on a pushbike =96 absolutely useless
As useful as an ashtray on a surf-board - useless
As useful as an ashtray on a water-ski =96 useless
As useful as lips on a chicken - not worth a damned
As useful as mudflaps on a speedboat - not useful at all
As useful as pockets on a singlet =96 useless
As useful as ***** on a stick - not much help
As useful as the bottom half of a mermaid =96 absolutely useless
As useful as tits on a bull =96 useless; unhelpful or incompetent person
or thing: "He, she or it is about as useful as tits on a bull" etc.
As useful as two knobs of billie-goat poop / As useful as two knobs of
billy-goat poop - (ironic) completely useless
As useless as a chocolate fireguard =96 useless
As useless as a glass door on a dunnie / As useless as a glass door on
a dunny =96 useless
As useless as a soft ***** in a nurse=92s dorm / As useless as a soft
***** in a nurses dorm =96 useless
As useless as an arse pocket in a singlet =96 absolutely useless
As useless as an ashtray on a motorbike - absolutely useless
As useless as the bottom half of (o=92) a mermaid - absolutely useless
As useless as tits on a tomcat - absolutely no use at all
As weak as ***** -
extremely weak (often refers to character or physical strength)
As welcome as a fart in a phone box - get out of here
As welcome as a pork chop in a synagogue - not popular
As welcome as a pork chop in Jerusalem - not popular
As welcome as a turd in a swimming pool =96 unpopular
As wet as a soup sandwich =96 horny
As you do - conversational aside following a reported action, often
used ironically when commenting on some unusual behaviour: =93I was
standing on the balcony in my underwear - as you do - when my neighbour
walked by=94
Ashes, the - prize gained in an international series of cricket with
England
Ashfelt - asphalt
Aspro - Associate Professor
***** =96 1. stupid person (from =93ass=94 =96 donkey); 2. (rare in
Australia, often in the USA) arse (originally a British dialect
variant. In the US =93arse=94 is often used as a euphemism)
Assprad - excessively preoccupied with domestic order and cleanliness
(feminine adjective only): =93She's very assprad - she keeps Rome
looking lovely=94
At a loose end - unoccupied; with nothing to do: =93She asked him to
dinner because he seemed to be at a loose end=94
At loose ends - unoccupied; with nothing to do: She asked him to dinner
because he seemed to be at a loose end
At sparrow fart / At sparrow=92s fart / At sparrows fart - at dawn
At the drop of a hat =96 immediately; at any excuse
Attaboy! - exclamation of approval,
urging, encouragement or exhortation addressed to a boy or man
Attagirl! - exclamation of approbation or exhortation addressed to a
girl or woman
Attitude - excessively aggressive and dominating behaviour: =93a band
with attitude=94, =93They have heaps of attitude=94, =93no attitude, just
heaps of fun=94, =93hardcore attitude=94
Auntie / Aunty =96 1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC (Channel
2); 2. effeminate or homosexual older male
Auntie Meg / Aunty Meg - keg (of beer)
Aussie / Aussy =96 [pron. Ozzie] 1. (n., adj.) Australian; 2. Australia;
3=2E (stock market): Australian dollar
Aussie battler / Aussy battler - typical member of the working class in
Australia
Aussie rules / Aussy rules - Australian football
Aussie salute /
Aussy salute - brushing away flies with the hand
Australasia =96 Oz +N(ew) Z(ealand)
Australian adjective - bloody
Australian flag - part of a shirt, which has come untucked and hangs
out over the trousers
AV Jennings marriage =96 one=92s first marriage (AV Jennings is a builder
in Australia specializing in building houses for young married)
Av-a-go-yer-mug / Avagoyermug =96 1. someone is not trying hard enough
in his sport, and you want him to (this is yelled to give him a bit of
a push a long); 2. traditional rallying call, often heard at cricket
matches (contraction of "Have a go, you mug!")
Avagoodweegend - have a good weekend
'Ave =96 have
'Ave a go ya mug! - directed at a
slow batsman in cricket
Avoid list - putative list of people one wishes not to socialise with;
a list of geeks
Avos - avocados
Awake up =96 not deluded, alert
Awake (up) to - fully aware: =93He's awake up to what's going on;
they're awake to our plan=94
Away with the fairies =96 1. daydreaming; 2. mentally unsound or
eccentric; 3. not in touch with reality; 4. incapacitated by alcohol
Away with the pixies - 1. daydreaming; 2. mentally unsound or
eccentric; 3. not in touch with reality; 4. incapacitated by alcohol
Awesome - extremely impressive; of high quality; totally excellent:
=93You missed an awesome gig last night=94
Awkward as a bull in a china shop - extremely clumsy
Awning over the toy shop - male beer belly
Axe =96 1. a) electric guitar; b) (jocular) acoustic guitar; c) (jazz)
any instrument for playing jazz; 2. cut out; abolish (a project, etc.);
3=2E reduce (expenditure, prices, etc.) sharply; 4. dismiss from a
position; 5. the axe: a) dismissal from a job, position, etc.; sack; b)
sudden and definite halt brought to some project, venture, etc.
Axe-handle - rough unit of measurement: =93about six axe-handles wide=94
Axe man - man who plays guitar
Axe mark - (offensive and crass) vagina
Axe woman - woman who plays guitar
Axe wound =96 (offensive and crass) vagina
Ay - (interjection) 1. exclamation of surprise; =93Hey!=94; 2. tag used
at the end of a statement in order to assure that the listener is in
agreement, not necessarily requiring a reply or answer, but offering
the option of agreeing or disagreeing: =93Wasn't it lucky, ay?=94;
=93Great fun, ay?=94; =93Blessing in disguise, ay?=94 (The usage in def. 2
is very common, and dates back to Colonial times. It is neither
restricted, nor excessively more common, to New Zealand, Queensland, or
any other particular region, as often claimed)
Ay? =96 smb. didn't catch what someone has said; =93Pardon me=94
Ay fender paw stiffleh noss yetting - I find her positively nauseating
Aygo-paygo - secret language used by schoolchildren in which normal
words are modified by adding into each syllable the sound =93ug=94; thus
=93hug=94 becomes =93hu-gug=94; =93You are a pig=94 becomes =93Yu-goo ugar =
uga
pugig=94 (See =93alibi=94, =93arp language=94, =93obo language=94,
=93eggy-peggy=94)
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B
B =96 *****
B=2EA.R. bar! - call proclaiming that one is bar (from =93bar=94 - forbid,
exclude, preclude)
B=2EB.Q. - see =93BBQ=94
B and S / B and S Ball / B & S / B & S Ball / B&S / B&S Ball -
Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball, a very enjoyable party usually held in
rural areas; Ball held for Bachelors and Spinsters, singles crowd,
often held in the bush or remote location and often involving copious
amounts of alcohol; dance held for young people in country areas, in a
wool-shed or out in the open, patrons dress in formal clothing, and
generally sleep outdoors. Circle work - the creation of circular
patterns on the ground with the back wheels of the patrons' utes or
cars - is an obligatory ritual.
B=2ED. =96 see =93BD=94
B=2EY.O. =96 see =93BYO=94
B=2EY.O.B. =96 see =93BYOB=94
B=2EY.O.G. =96 see =93BYOG=94
Bab - cook
Babbler - cook
Babbling brook - cook
Babe =96 1. familiar term of address to a woman: =93Hey, babe. How've you
been?=94; 2. sexually attractive female; 3. sexually attractive male
Babe-slayer - ladies' man
Babefest - place or event at which there are many sexually attractive
females or males
Babelicios - absolutely gorgeous; incredibly attractive (=93blend of
babe=94 + =93delicious=94)
Babewatch - (jocular) television show =93Baywatch=94
-babie / -baby (suffix) diminutive element added to the end of a name,
or a familiar shortening of a name, in order to make it more informal
and colloquial: =93chuck-baby=94; =93gorby-baby=94
Babie / baby =96 1. affectionate term of address to a woman, especially
a partner, lover, etc.; 2. invention, project, creation, job, etc.
which one proudly considers as their own: =93This book is my baby=94
Babie batter / Baby batter =96 sperm
Babie blues / Baby blues =96 (plural noun) blue eyes
Babie-cack brown / Baby-cack brown - yucky brown colour, reminiscent of
baby's faeces
Babie-poo brown / Baby-poo brown - yucky brown colour, reminiscent of
baby's faeces
Baccie / Baccy - tobacco
Bach - keep house alone or with a companion when neither is accustomed
to housekeeping: =93She was baching with a friend at North Sydney=94;
live alone: =93old hand at baching=94 (shortened from =93bachelor=94, i.e.
to live as a bachelor who has moved out of home)
Back blocks / Backblocks =96 1. remote inland settlements; 2. cheaper
blocks of land in the suburbs; 3. back section of a sheep or cattle
station
Back hander - bribe
Back of (o=92) =96
beyond, behind, further inland
Back of (o=92) beyond - far out bush as you can get, right out outback
of Australia Back of (o=92) Bourke - very long way
away; remote inland area a great distance from the speaker; the middle
of nowhere (from Bourke - town in north-west NSW)
Back of (o=92) sunset - very long way away; remote inland area a great
distance from the speaker; the middle of nowhere
Back of (o=92) the black stump - in the far outback; in any remote
region
Back teeth are floating =96 smb. is in real need of a *****
Back the wrong horse - support the wrong or losing contender
Back up for - seek second share of (commodity being distributed)
Backblocks =96 1. remote inland settlements; 2. cheaper blocks of land
in the suburbs; 3. back section of a sheep or cattle station
Backchat =96 1. impertinent talk; answering back; 2. answer someone
back, especially in a cheeky manner
Backdoor - pertaining to anal intercourse
Backhander - bribe: =93He slipped the witness a backhander=94; blow to
the face with the back of the hand
Backroom waltz - discipline dished out at the Police Station
Backs to the wall - homophobic catch-phrase used to supposedly warn men
that a particular male is homosexual
Backwards and forwards / Backwards =91n=92 forwards =96 back and forth
Bad =96 1. (chiefly US Black English) wonderful; excellent; good: =93You
look bad, man=94; =93You're the baddest=94 (originally US Black English
(late-19thC); the paradoxical meaning is actually a development of an
earlier sense in which =93bad=94 meant =93tough=94, =93mean=94, =93rugged=
=94;
not in common colloquial use in Australia, but well-known to most
speakers); 2. error or mistake, epsecially in made while playing a team
sport: =93Sorry everyone, my bad=94
Bad call - exclamation proclaiming that someone has made a really poor
decision
Bad case of the trots - diarrhea
Bad egg - undesirable person; person of reprehensible character
Bad hair day =96 1. day in which one cannot get one's hair to look good;
2=2E day in which one is in a bad mood and nothing goes right: =93Having a
bad hair day, are we?=94
Bad karma - bad luck; uneasy feelings associated with something; bad
vibes
Bad lot, a - dishonest, disreputable person
Bad news - person likely to cause trouble
Bad scene, a - place or situation which has a bad ambience
Bad trot - period of ill fortune
Baden powell - towel
Badmouth - speak unfavourably of; criticise with malice
Baffle with ***** - deceive with lies
Bag =96 1. (plural) a) a lot; abundance: =93bags of money=94; b)
exclamation by which one establishes right by virtue of making the
first claim: =93Bags I have first ride=94; =93Bags the window seat=94; c)
claim priority rights by making the first claim: =93It's not fair, I
bagsed it first!=94 [originally also =93bag=94; an early Australian
example is to be found in Mary Grant Bruce's =93Billabong's Daughter=94:
"It's quite enough for you two to own him, so I bagged telling the
story." (1924; ii. 45); this term is an extension of =93bag=94 - to kill
game and hence claim it as one's own, literally, to add it to one's
bag]; 2. disagreeable and unattractive woman; 3. (cricket) good haul of
wickets obtained by a bowler; 4. measure of marijuana, heroin, etc.; 5.
the bag: the breathalyser; 6. criticise or put someone down
Bag-boy =96 licensed bookmaker
Bag of (o=92) fruit =96 (man's) suit
Bag of (o=92) tricks - miscellaneous collection of items; tool box
Bag out - criticise sarcastically or harshly; knock
Baggie green / baggy green - term for the Australian Test Cricket Cap
Bagman =96 (history) =96 1. swagman; tramp; 2. travelling pedlar; 3.
bookmaker's change clerk
Bags - see: =93bag 1.=94
Bagswinger - bookmaker's change clerk
Bail =96 1. depart, leave; 2. withdraw in a cowardly manner from (a
contest, a dare, the riding of a large wave, etc.); 3. pike out
Bail on (smb.) - abandon (someone)
Bail out - depart, usually angrily
Bail (smb.) up =96 1.
corner somebody physically; 2. hold up; 3. rob; 4. bail someone up in
the street for a chat; 5. earbash
Baked necks - popular breakfast dish (others include emma necks;
scremblex; and fright shops)
Balaklava - full face mask, usually knitted
Bald as a bandicoot - remarkably bald
Baldie / Baldy =96 1. (derogatory) (term of address for) a bald person;
2=2E worn tyre having little or no tread; 3. coin with Edward VII on the
obverse, traditionally used in the game two-up
Bali bellie / Bali belly - diarrhoea, as suffered by travellers to
South-East Asia Ball =96 1. testicle: =93kicked smack-bang in
the left ball=94; 2. (of a man) have intercourse with (someone); 3.
(plural n.) a) courage, moral strength; b) testicles; c) exclamation of
repudiation, ridicule, etc.
Ball and chain / Ball =91n=92 chain =96 wife
Ball of (o=92) muscle - person who is very healthy and in good spirits
Ball of (o=92) twine - railway line
Ball-tearer - something extremely good or dynamic: =93ball-tearer of a
book=94
Ballocks =96 (pl. n.) 1. testicles; 2. rubbish; nonsense; 3. exclamation
decrying the verity of another's statement. Also, =93Bollocks=94,
=93Bollicks=94 (from Middle English =93ballokes=94, Old English
=93beallucas=94 - testicles)
Balls - see: =93ball 3.=94
Balls and all / Balls =91n=92 all - enthusiastically; aggressively
Balls out / Balls-out - aggressive in a masculine way
Balls up /
Balls-up =96 1. confusion arising from a mistake; 2. mess; 3. mistake
itself; 4. bring to a state of hopeless confusion or difficulty
Ballsie / Ballsy =96 1. showing great courage; 2. aggressively masculine
Balmain kiss =96 headbutt
Baloney =96 1. nonsense; 2. insincere or idle talk; 3. waffle
Banana bender / Bananabender - Queensland, native of Queensland
Bananaland - Queensland, native of Queensland
Bananas - someone going crazy with
anger
Bandicoot =96 (obsolete) dig up (root vegetables, potatoes, etc.)
leaving the top of the plant undisturbed
Bandrie / Bandry - marking a limit, or border: =93Yadder job as a bandry
rider=94
Bandywallop - imaginary remote town
Bang =96 (n., v.) 1. sexual intercourse: "She bangs like a dunny door in
a storm" (implies a certain promiscuity); 2. person rated according to
their sexual ability: =93good bang=94
Bang like a dunnie door / Bang like a dunny door - (crass) (of a woman)
promiscuous
Bang like a dunnie door in a gale / Bang like a dunny door in a gale -
(crass) (of a woman) promiscuous
Bang like a dunnie door in a storm / Bang like a dunny door in a storm
- have sex a lot
Bang n - (of dance music) having a strong beat
Bang on =96 1. hit the target right in the middle; 2. be right, correct
Bang out - play (music) loudly
Banged up =96 pregnant
Banger - sausage
Banger(s) and mash / Banger(s) =91n=92 mash =96 sausage(s) and mashed
potatoe(s)
Banging / bangin - (of dance music) having a strong beat
Bank - amount of money used for betting when out gambling
Bank a'bout / Bank about / Bank-about =96 ATM (automatic teller machine)
Banker =96 river in full flood: =93To run a banker=94
Bar =96 (adj.) in children's games: 1. (in chasing games) not able to be
tagged, tipped, or otherwise got at: =93You can't get me, I'm bar=94; 2.
(of a place) designated as one in which a player is safe: =93All the
trees are bar, except the last one=94; 3. (more generally) free from
being assailed or affected by something; inviolate; 4. home or safety
spot in chasings
Barbed wire - term for XXXX beer, referring to the four Xs displayed on
the label (XXXX), resembling barbed wire
Barbeque =96 1. barbecue; 2. cook out
Barbie / Barby =96 1. barbecue; 2. like a cook out. Many people get
together for a
=93Barbie=94 in the warmer months. They are usually BYO (=93Bring Your
Own=94) meat
and drinks; 3. (derogatory) young, empty-headed, woman who is tall,
slim, well-endowed and attractive in a stereotypical way, with
peroxide-blonde hair
Barbie doll / Barby doll =96 (trademark, name of a children's doll):
(derogatory) young, empty-headed, woman who is tall, slim, well-endowed
and attractive in a stereotypical way, with peroxide-blonde hair
Barcoo salute - movement of the hand and arm to brush away flies from
one's face
Bare jet - phrase from the esoteric sub-language spoken by Strine
mothers and daughters: "Jim makier bare jet, Cheryl?" - "Narm arm, nar
chet" (Afferbeck Lauder. Let Stalk Strine. -
http://www.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt)
Barf - vomit; spew (imitative)
Bargain - exclamation showing approval
Barge =96 1. any old or unwieldy boat; 2. cumbersome surfboard
Bark at the lawn - vomit
Barker egg(s) / Barker=92s egg(s) / Barkers egg(s) =96 dog=92s excrements
Barmaid's blush / Barmaids blush - flush, as in poker
Barmie / Barmy - mad; stupid; silly
Barney =96 argument; argue; fight
Barney Maguire - fire
Barra - barramundi
fish
Barrack - cheer on (football team etc.), support, take sides in an
argument or controversy
Barrack for - root-for; support or cheer one's favourite team on
Barred for life! - call proclaiming that one is bar (from =93bar=94 -
forbid, exclude, preclude)
Barrel =96 1. (surfing) hollow tube of a wave; ride inside the tube of a
wave; 2. knock over by running into or striking hard: =93I'll barrel the
bloke=94
Barrel of (o=92) fat =96 hat
Barrie
Crocker / Barry Crocker =96 shocker; bad time
Barrie Manilow / Barry Manilow =96 bolt
Barrier rogue - horse that is difficult to manage in the starting
barriers
Barro =96 embarrassing
Barrie / Barry - terrible blunder, mistake or poor performance
Barrie Crocker / Barry Crocker =96 1. terrible blunder; mistake; 2. poor
performance (from Barry Crocker, Australian singer, rhyming slang for
=93shocker=94)
Baru - crocodile
Base - rump; buttocks
Base over apex - fallen heavily and awkwardly, usually in a forward
direction
Bash - 1. over-indulge in: "bash the beer=94; 2. party: =93go to a
bash=94; 3. attempt; try: =93had a bash at is last night=94; =93give it a
bash=94; 4. act of sexual intercourse
Bash hat - felt hat (so called because they are normally moulded into a
personalised shape by bashing with the hand)
Bashing the bishop =96 masturbation
Basin cut - poor haircut, which appears as though the barber merely
placed an inverted bowl on the head and trimmed the hair that hung
below the rim
Basket case - someone on the edge of mental collapse
Basketweaver - (derogatory) person who advocates simple living, natural
foods, avoidance of high-technology, etc.
***** - 1. affectionate term of endearment; 2. unpleasant character;
3=2E fatherless child; 4. (used without negative connotations) any
person; 5. bad; pathetic: =93bastard thing to do=94
***** from the bush - stereotype of a male from the bush who is
crude, mean, stingy, lazy, cruel, dishonest, etc., the very epitome of
every vice (from a crude poem =93The Captain of the Push=94 attributed to
Henry Lawson)
Bat =96 1. piece of wood used in tossing the coins; kip; 2. rate of
motion: =93go at a fair bat=94; 3. (derogatory) ugly woman: =93She's an
old bat=94
Bat and ball / Bat =91n=92 ball =96 wall
Bat-pad =96 (cricket) close-in fielder
Batch =96 1. keep house alone or with a companion when neither is
accustomed to housekeeping: =93She was baching with a friend at North
Sydney=94; 2. live alone: =93old hand at baching=94 (shortened from
=93bachelor=94, i.e. to live as a bachelor who has moved out of home)
Bathers - swimming
costume; swim trunks
Bats =96 (adj.) mad; crazy
Batterie /
Battery - illegal device which delivers an electric shock to a
racehorse when racing in order to make it run faster
Batterie-trained / Battery-trained - (of a racehorse) having been
trained with a battery device used continually on a certain part of the
body, so that it will respond similarly from a smart smack in that area
while racing
Battle - courageously struggle to make ends meet in the face of
adversity
Battle-axe / Battleaxe - (derogatory) domineering woman
Battle on - continue a struggle; endure
Battler =96 1. someone working hard and only just making a living; a
doer; 2. hard trier, struggler; 3. typical member of the working class
in Australia; 4. conscientious worker, especially one living at
subsistence level; 5. (history) itinerant worker reduced to living as a
swagman; 6. a) small time punter who tries to live on their winnings;
b) a small time horse owner who is always struggling to make a living;
7=2E prostitute
Bazoomas / Bazooms =96 (pl. n.) woman's breasts (originally British
slang (1950s); alteration of =93bosom=94)
BBQ - 1. barbecue; 2. cook out
BD - (in personal ads) bondage and discipline
Be a bomb =96 1. be cool; 2. be an old car
Be a ***** up - go all wrong
Be a dag =96 1. be the ***** that hangs the wool on the rear end of a
sleep; 2. friendly endearment; 3. be dressed in an unfashionable way
Be a grot - be very dirty or untidy
Be a gun (at smth.) - be the best (at something)
Be a happie little vegemite / Be a happy little vegemite - be a happy
and contented person ( from old advertising slogan)
Be a shingle short - be eccentric; mentally disturbed
Be a write off - be absolutely not able to get fixed (after a crash)
Be able to eat a horse and chase the jockey / Be able to eat a horse
=91n=92 chase the jockey - be very hungry
Be able to eat the crutch out of (o=92) a low-flying duck - be very
hungry
Be all Greek - (of someone's speech) be unintelligible
Be all over - show great affection towards; be excessively attentive
to: =93She was all over him as soon as he entered the room=94
Be all over (smb.) like a rash =96 1. excessively and sycophantically
attentive to (someone); 2. smother (someone) in kisses and cuddles; 3.
feel or fondle (someone)
Be an arm pit - stink, be terrible
Be an item - (of two people) be involved in a romantic relationship
Be ancient history - be finished or gone irrevocably
Be apples - be all right
Be at a loose end =96 be unoccupied; with nothing to do: =93She asked him
to dinner because he seemed to be at a loose end=94
Be at loose ends =96 be unoccupied; with nothing to do: =93She asked him
to dinner because he seemed to be at a loose end=94
Be at sparrow fart / Be at sparrow=92s fart / Be at sparrows fart =96 be
at dawn
Be bang on - hit the target right in the middle; be right, correct
Be banged up - be pregnant
Be beaten by a blow =96 (shearers' slang) run shears from one end of
sheep to the other
Be beaten by the uglie stick while swinging from the uglie tree / Be
beaten by the ugly stick while swinging from the ugly tree - very ugly
Be blearie eyed / Be bleary-eyed - suffer from a hangover or tiredness
Be brave - have a go at something others think or find difficult
Be buggered if I know - I don't have a clue
Be built like a brick ***** house - be a big strong bloke
Be bun in the oven =96 be pregnant
Be busie as a one legged bloke in an arse kicking contest / Be busy as
a one-legged bloke in an arse-kicking contest - do nothing
Be crooked on - 1. be upset with; 2. be angry with
Be-diddle =96 spin (a frisbee, etc.) on the point of a finger
Be dirtie on / Be dirty on - be angry with
Be dudded - be ripped off, conned
Be enough to give diarrhoea the shits - really to annoy the hell out of
everyone
Be entered more times than Tattslotto - have plenty of sexual partners
Be game - have a go at something others think or find difficult
Be gone walkabout - be lost; can't be found
Be good on the fang - be a hearty eater
Be had - be tricked or created
Be historie / Be history =96 1. be dead; 2. be ruined or incapacitated;
3=2E be broken beyond repair
Be in - 1. be in favour; on friendly terms: =93He's in with the managing
director=94; 2. be in fashion: =93the in thing=94; =93Velour was never in=
=94
Be in a pickle - be in a predicament
Be in and (=91n=92) out like a fiddler=92s elbow / Be in and (=91n=92) out
like a fiddlers elbow =96 be really busy or a driver darting in and out
of traffic
Be in dire straits =96 be in serious trouble
Be in each other's pockets / Be in each others pockets - (of two
people) be constantly together
Be in fine feather =96 be full of vitality and spirit
Be in for it =96 be about to be reprimanded or punished
Be in for one's cut - participate in the expectation of a share in the
spoils or profit
Be in full feather =96 be in real good health
Be in good nick - be in good shape and condition
Be in hot water =96 be in trouble
Be in it up to one's neck =96 be in big trouble
Be in like Flynn =96 be successful in a particular enterprise,
especially sexual (referring to the casual sex successes attributed to
Errol Flynn, Australian-born US movie actor)
Be in lust with (smb.) =96 be strongly sexually attracted to (someone),
but not in love
Be in more ***** than a *****'s finger / Be in more ***** than a faggots
finger =96 be in big trouble
Be in more ***** than a Werribee duck =96 be in trouble, in a spot of
bother
Be in more ***** than Ned Kellie / Be in more ***** than Ned Kelly =96 be
in trouble
Be in on - have a share in or a part of, especially something secret,
or known to just a few people
Be in (one=92s) black book =96 be in disfavour
Be in one's face =96 be annoyingly close when face to face with someone;
invade someone's personal space in an aggressive way
Be in queer street - be broken
Be in the altogether =96 be naked; in the nude
Be in the bag - (adj. phr.) 1. as good as done, won, or successfully
achieved; secured; certain to be accomplished: =93The contract is in the
bag=94; 2. (of a jockey) be set up to receive money for not letting his
or her mount run on its merits; 3. (of a horse) going to be run to lose
Be in the bollockie / Be in the bollocky =96 be naked
Be in the buff =96 be in the nude; naked
Be in the cactus =96 be in difficulties, in trouble
Be in the can - (of a film) be completed; finished
Be in the closet - keep one's sexuality from the public eye
Be in the doghouse =96 be in disgrace; in trouble; unpopular
Be in the family way =96 be pregnant
Be in the grip of the grape =96 be addicted to drink, esp. wine
Be in the groove - feel well content with everything going right
Be in the know - have inside information
Be in the market - of a racehorse, etc., considered to have a chance of
winning, consequently causing the betting odds to be short
Be in the middle of (o=92) (bloodie) woop-woop / Be in the middle of
(o=92) (bloody) woop-woop =96 be lost; be in the middle of nowhere
Be in the nick - be naked
Be in the nuddie / Be in the nuddy - be naked
Be in the poo =96 be in trouble; =93be in the *****=94
Be in the pudding club =96 be pregnant
Be in the raw - be naked
Be in the ***** =96 1. be in serious trouble; 2. be in an angry or
resentful mood
Be in the sticks =96 be in remote areas in the bush
Be jack of (o=92) (smth.) =96 1. have one's patience exhausted; 2. be fed
up with something
Be jigged - be broken or no long useful
Be knocked up - be pregnant
Be laughing - be in a favourable or fortunate position: =93One more
result like that and you'll be laughing=94
Be nackered - be absolutely exhausted or very tired
Be no picnic - (of an event, chore, etc.) be difficult or unpleasant,
despite not being considered so by many: =93Branding cattle is no
picnic=94
Be off like a bucket of (o=92) prawns (in the hot / midday sun) - 1.
leave very quickly; 2. become extremely rotten; stinking
Be off like a bride=92s nightie / Be off like a bride=92s nighty / Be off
like a brides nightie / Be off like a brides nighty - leaving very
quickly
Be off like a Jewish foreskin =96 leaving
Be off like a piece of (o=92) rotten cheese =96 leaving
Be off like a robber's dog / Be off like a robbers dog =96 leave quickly
Be off like Grandma's pants on Father=92s day / Be off like Grandmas
pants on Fathers day - leave very quickly
Be off like grannie=92s pants / Be off like grannies pants / Be off like
granny=92s pants =96 be really bad, disgusting
Be off like prawns in the sun - leave quickly
Be off one=92s block =96 be insane
Be off one's crumpet =96 be crazy
Be off one's dial =96 be incredibly drunk or stoned, or affected by some
other drug
Be off one=92s face =96 be extremely drunk
Be off one's head =96 be mad; very excited; delirious
Be off one's nana =96 be mad; deranged
Be off one's nut =96 1. be mad; insane; 2. be extremely drunk
Be off one's tits =96 1. be very drunk; 2. be high on a drug or drugs,
especially speed
Be off the air =96 be crazy; very angry
Be off the beaten track =96 be on a road not used very much, to no road
at all or in a remote part of Australia
Be off the hook =96 1. (of a garment) be ready-made; off the peg; 2. be
out of trouble
Be off the planet =96 1. be fantastic; wonderful; 2. be daydreaming; 3.
be mentally unsound or eccentric; 4. be not in touch with reality; 5.
be under the influence of a mind-altering drug
Be off the rails =96 be insane; out of control
Be off-the-wall =96 be bizarre; unusual
Be off to billie-oh / Be off to billy-oh / Be off to billyo / Be off to
billyoh =96 1. be off course; astray; in error; 2. be long way ahead
Be off to the bog to leave an offering =96 be off to the toilet to leave
a deposit
Be off to the crapper =96 be off to the toilet
Be off with the fairies =96 1. be daydreaming; 2. be mentally unsound or
eccentric; 3. be not in touch with reality; 4. be incapacitated by
alcohol
Be off with the pixies =96 1. be daydreaming; 2. be mentally unsound or
eccentric; 3. be not in touch with reality; 4. be incapacitated by
alcohol
Be on =96 1. be willing or in agreement; 2. have placed a bet; 3.
habitually taking a drug: =93on heroin=94; 4. currently under the effects
of a drug: =93could tell he was on eccy that night=94
Be on a good lurk =96 1. be on to a good thing or job; 2. have a good
job
Be on a good wicket =96 1. be on to a good thing life; 2. be earning a
good income
Be on a high =96 be experiencing a euphoric state, especially as one
induced by drugs
Be on a roll =96 be enjoying a series of successes
Be on compo =96 be in receipt of workers' compensation
Be on for young and old / Be on for young =91n=92 ol=92 =96 be in the state
of commotion; totally out of control (usually a fight or argument)
Be on one's back =96 (adj.) be persistent nagging (=93He's always on my
back=94, =93Get off my back!=94)
Be on one's ginger =96 1. be chasing (someone); 2. be tailgating
(someone) ( from rhyming slang =93ginger ale=94 - =93tail=94)
Be on (one's) hammer =96 1. watch (someone) closely; badger; 2. tailgate
(another's) vehicle: =93I can't pull over, the bloke behind me is on me
hammer=94
Be on one's malone - be alone
Be on one's pat - be alone
Be on one's rags - (of a woman) be menstruating
Be on the blink - not work properly
Be on the blower =96 (v.) telephone
Be on the bludge =96 be actively engaged in bludging; cadging for
something; imposing on someone (backformation from =93bludger=94)
Be on the boil =96 (football) run at full speed
Be on the booze =96 be drinking immoderately [18th C. variant of the
earlier cant =93bouse=94 (rhymes with either =93shoes=94 or =93rouse=94),
from Middle English =93bausen=94 - to guzzle, from Middle Dutch
=93busen=94]
Be on the bot =96 be cadging (perhaps because a cadger is parasitic like
the =93bot=94 - a parasitic insect larva)
Be on the bottle =96 be on a drinking binge; intoxicated
Be on the bugle =96 stink; be on the nose; be smelly
Be on the burst =96 (rugby football) run at full speed
Be on the cheap =96 be done in a substandard manner
Be on the coat =96 (prison) ostracised
Be on the dole =96 receive social security benefits whilst unemployed
Be on the game - work as a prostitute
Be on the gear - take heroin
Be on the hook =96 1. wait; be delayed; 2. be in a difficult predicament
Be on the knocker =96 1. be at the right time, punctual: =93He was there
on the knocker=94; 2. immediately; be on demand: =93cash on the knocker=94
Be on the nose - (adj. phr.) 1. be smelly; 2. be offensive; 3. be
disagreeable; 4. be unpleasant; 5. be distasteful; 6. stink
Be on the outer =96 (adj. phr.) 1. be unwanted, discarded, ignored,
black-legged; 2. be penniless
Be on the ***** =96 be on a drinking spree
Be on the punt =96 be engaged in gambling: =93spent a good weekend on the
punt=94
Be on the rails =96 1. (horseracing) run on the inside of the field,
against the inner railings; 2. function in a normal manner
Be on the rocks =96 1. be close to a state of disaster or ruin; 2. (of a
marriage or relationship) be liable to end soon; 3. (of drinks) be with
ice-cubes: =93Scotch on the rocks=94
Be on the shelf =96 be unattached or unmarried, and without prospects of
marriage
Be on the skids =96 be deteriorating fast
Be on the streets =96 1. earn one's living as a prostitute; 2. be
destitute; homeless
Be on the sus / Be on the suss / Be on the susso =96 be on the dole
Be on the take =96 1. receive bribes, as a dishonest police officer,
politician, etc.; 2. rare (of a pick-pocket) be engaged in picking
pockets
Be on the tit - (of a baby) be breast-fed
Be on the trot =96 1. be in a state of continuous activity; 2. go one
after another; in quick succession: =93He won three races on the trot=94
Be on the turps - drink intoxicating liquor excessively
Be on the vag =96 be charged with vagrancy
Be on the (wallabie) track / Be on the (wallaby) track =96 be on the way
from place to place (in search of work)
Be on to =96 be in a state of awareness; know or realis the true
meaning, nature, etc.: =93The police are already on to your little
game=94
Be on top =96 be successful; victorious; dominant
Be one sick puppie / Be one sick puppy - be a very depraved person:
=93When he told me what he'd done, I said `Hey man, you are one sick
puppy.=92=94 (from =93sick=94 =96 disgusting, revolting, depraved; of ironic
origin, because puppies generally connote happiness, innocence and
cuteness)
Be out in the back blocks =96 be beyond suburbia and the more
established farm and cattle property
Be out in the sticks =96 be in a rural area or outback
Be out like a light =96 be unconscious, especially after being struck,
or receiving an anaesthetic
Be out of (o=92) here / Be outta here - be leaving: =93I'm outta here,
see ya tomorrow=94
Be out of (o=92) it =96 1. be incapacitated as a result of taking drugs
or alcohol; 2. be in a dreamy or vague state of mind, as if under the
influence of drugs or alcohol
Be out of (o=92) one's head =96 1. be out of one's mind; demented;
delirious; 2. be under the influence of some drug; stoned; be whacked
Be out of (o=92) the loop =96 be out of touch
Be out of (o=92) the sack =96 get up from bed
Be out there =96 (adj.) 1. be extremely cool; excellent; unreal; 2.
actively participate in life, an event, etc.; take part
Be out to it =96 1. be unconscious; 2. be asleep; 3. be dead drunk; 4.
be completely exhausted
Be pushing (an age) - be getting close to a specified age: =93pushing
30=94; =93he's pushing 40=94
Be sacked - be fired from work
Be shat off =96 1. have had enough of; 2. be upset
Be shot of (o=92) - be fed up with; no longer countenance
Be sold a pup - be the victim of some deception
Be sprung - be caught doing something one should not, busted
Be sucking lemons - sour faced
Be talking - idiom used to denote an outstanding example, either
positive or negative, of a particular thing under discussion: =93I'm
talking mega-bucks; we're talking major dag=94
Be toast - be in trouble: =93You can smoke at school, but if you get
caught, you're toast=94
Be top ***** =96 be up oneself
Be up =96 1. (of a malebe ) engaged in sexual intercourse with: =93He's
probably up her right now=94; 2. angry with: =93She was up him for being
late=94
Be up a gum-tree / Be up a gumtree =96 1. be completely puzzled, misled,
deluded; 2. be in a quandary
Be up a sparrow fart / Be up a sparrow=92s fart / Be up a sparrows fart
- awake very early
Be up and (=91n=92) down like a lift driver=92s arse / Be up and (=91n=92)
down like a lift drivers arse =96 be a moody person
Be up and (=91n=92) down like a mad woman's custard / Be up and (=91n=92)
down like a mad womans custard =96 be =93all over the place=94
Be up and (=91n=92) down like a mad woman's ***** / Be up and (=91n=92) down
like a mad womans ***** =96 be =93all over the place=94
Be up and under / Be up =91n=92 under =96 chunder; vomit
Be up at a sparrow fart / Be up at a sparrow=92s fart / Be up at a
sparrows fart - get up very early in the morning
Be up each other - behave in a sycophantic or toadying fashion to each
other
Be up for - liable to pay: =93You'll be up for $100 if you break that=94
Be up her like a rat up a drain pipe - she's very sexy
Be up hill gardener =96 be a poof
Be up on (one=92s) blocks - have one's period (about female)
Be up one another - behave in a sycophantic or toadying fashion to each
other
Be up one's alley =96 be in the sphere of knowledge or interest that one
knows or likes best
Be up oneself - have an unjustifiably high opinion of oneself; be
self-deluding
Be up ***** creek (in a barbed wire canoe) / Be up ***** creek (without a
paddle) =96 1. be wrong (for smb.); 2. SOL (***** Out of Luck); be in a
dire predicament; in trouble; stuffed; be in a really bad situation
with no way out
Be up smb. like a rat up a drain pipe =96 smb. is very sexy (about
female)
Be up the chute =96 be ineffective, bad, unpopular
Be up the creek (in a barbed wire canoe) / Be up the creek (without a
paddle) =96 be stuffed; be in a really bad situation with no way out
Be up the donga =96 be out in the country
Be up the duff =96 be pregnant, bun in the oven
Be up the gum-tree / Be up the gumtree =96 be in a spot of trouble, in a
quandary
Be up the ***** =96 be in great difficulties
Be up the spout =96 1. be ruined; lost; 2. be pawned; 3. be pregnant
Be up the stick =96 be pregnant
Be up to nuts in guts =96 root
Be up to ***** =96 be worthless; useless
Be up to the eyes in =96 be very busy with; be deeply involved in
Be vaccinated with a gramophone needle - old slang phrase for talking
too much
Be with it =96 1. become aware of a situation; 2. concentrate; 3. be
able to cope; 4. become fashionable or up-to-date
Be written all over smb. (smth.) - show as a clear characteristic:
=93Delight was written all over her face=94; =93His guilt was written all
over him=94
Beach bum - one who spends most of his or her life lazing about on a
beach
Beak =96 1. nose; 2. judge (from British slang, from 16th C. cant
=93beck=94)
Beaker - cup
Beam ball =96 (cricket) full toss which goes towards the head of the
person batting
Beamer =96 (cricket) full toss which goes towards the head of the person
batting
Bean =96 1. head; 2. bash; 3. anything of the least value: =93I haven't a
bean=94
Bean ball =96 (cricket) full toss which goes towards the head of the
person at bat
Bean counter - accountant
Beanie / Beany-
ski hat, knit cap, usually wollen; peaked cap (propeller optional)
Beano - festivity, celebration
Beanpole - tall, lanky person
Bear - large and hairy homosexual man
Bear pit - arena for fierce political debate, as parliament house or a
council chamber
Bear-up =96 (obsolete) approach to a female for the purpose of engaging
in amorous banter (i.e. fronting up boldly and uncouthly as a =93bear=94;
cf. the rare variant =93bull-up=94)
Bearhouse - arena for fierce political debate, as parliament house or a
council chamber
Beast - 1. large, usually old, car; 2. (derogatory) ugly person; 3.
(surfing) a) thick surfboard; b) very large wave
Beast with two backs - (crass) two people having sexual intercourse
Beastly - absolutely wonderful; terrific; excellent
Beat - 1. public area where a street prostitute solicits; 2. public
place where homosexual men frequent to pick up casual sexual partners;
3=2E (criminal) be acquitted from a charge; 4. exhausted; worn out
Beat around the bush - not get to the point on a subject
Beat it - (frequently in the imperative) go away; depart
Beat off - masturbate
Beat one=92s mongrel =96 masturbate
Beat queen - male homosexual who frequents beats
Beat the bishop - (crass) (of a male) masturbate
Beat the pants off - beat convincingly
Beaten by a blow =96 shearers=92 slang: running shears from one end of
sheep to the other
Beaten by the ugly stick while swinging from the ugly tree - very ugly
Beat(s) me =96 baffle(s) me; perplexe(s) me
Beauj - beaujolais wine: =93had a bottle of beauj with dinner the other
night=94
Beaut / Beautie / Beauty - 1. fine; good: =93beaut car=94; 2. exclamation
of approval, delight, enthusiasm, etc.; 3. a) something successful or
highly valued; b) pleasant, agreeable, trustworthy person
Beaver =96 (n.) (chiefly US; offensive): female pubic region; vulva or
vagina
Beaver shot - pornographic picture of the vulva or vagina
Beautiful people =96 (pl. n.) (derogatory) social set of young,
affluent, people having a self-centred view of the world
Bed flute - penis
Bee's ***** / Bees ***** - anything small or insignificant
Bee's knees / Bees knees - greatest
Beecham's pill / Beechams pill =96 (older slang) fool; stupid person
(rhyming slang for =93dill=94; from the proprietary name of a formerly
popular medicine)
Beef - 1. weight, as of human flesh: =93He's got plenty of beef on
him=94; 2. complaint [originally US slang (late 19th C.)]; 3. complain;
grumble
Beef bayonet - (crass) erect penis
Beef bugle - (crass) erect penis
Beef-cake / Beefcake - photographs of men in newspapers, magazines,
etc., posed to display their bodies and emphasising their sex appeal
(see: =93Cheesecake=94)
Beemer - BMW car [pronunciation of the letters BM + -er]
Beer bellie / Beer belly - paunch associated with excessive beer
drinking
Beer Can Regatta, the - crazy boat race held in Darwin every year
Beer gut - paunch associated with excessive beer drinking
Bees and honey / Bees =91n=92 honey =96 money
Beetle - Volkswagen car of the first type produced (so called due to
its shape)
Beetle along - move swiftly; leave quickly
Beetle off - move swiftly; leave quickly
Beezer - vehicle manufactured by the British Small Arms company
[pronunciation of the letters BSA]
Beg, beg, grovel, grovel - (jocular) exclamation used to plead, as for
a favour
Beg pardon - colloquial shortening of the phrase =93I beg your pardon=94
Behind the eight ball - in an awkward or disadvantageous position
Bell - telephone call
Bellie-ache / Belly-ache =96 1. complaint; 2. complain or grumble
Bellie flop / Belly flop - diving incorrectly into water with the
stomach breaking the water
Below the belt - against the rules; unfairly: =93hitting below the
belt=94
Bellybuster - painful dive in which one's stomach hits the water first
Bellyflop =96 1. bellybuster; 2. dive so that one's stomach hits the
water first
Bellyflopper =96 1. bellybuster; 2. dive so that one's stomach hits the
water first
Bellywhaker - painful dive in which one's stomach hits the water first
Belt - move quickly: =93belt along=94
Belt up! =96 asking to stop talking , be quite, in a angry way
Bench warmer =96 (sport) reserve in a team who does not get many games
Bend one's elbow - drink (especially beer)
Bender =96 1. heavy drinking session; 2. drinking spree
Bennie / Benny - benzedrine pill
Bent =96 1. having little or no regard for the law; 2. dishonest; 3.
corrupt; 4. diverging from what is considered to be normal or
conservative behaviour, as having some strange sexual predilection,
etc.
Bent as a nine dollar note =96 gay
Bent cop - dishonest police officer, especially one who takes bribes
Berk - idiot, fool [originally British slang (19th C.); rhyming slang,
Berkeley/Berkshire Hunt =3D *****]
Berko =96 angry, in a unreasonable way; like mad; berserk
Berkshire hunt =96 *****
Bestest - mock superlative of =93best=94; the best of the best: =93He's my
bestest, bestest friend=94
Bet on two flies walking up the wall =96 be a compulsive gambler
Bet your boots - be certain
Bet your bottom dollar - be so sure of something as to be willing to
bet one's last piece of money
Betcha - I bet you!
Better half =96
one=92s wife or husband; one's spouse or partner
Better man never stood in two shoes =96 compliment
Better than a poke in the eye with
a blunt stick - something is sorter OK Better than a
poke in the eye with a burnt stick - better than nothing
Better than a ***** in the dark - better than nothing at all
Bettie Grable / Betty Grable
=96 table
Betting with rubber bands =96 (horseracing) desperation betting or
betting with the very last of one's money after a day of losses (i.e.
betting the rubber bands which at the beginning of the day held wads of
money)
Bewdie / Bewdy =96 beautiful, good
Between you, me and the
gatepost - in confidence
Bev =96 1. drink; beverage; 2. shortened from Bevan, a male name
Bev curls =96 (pl. n.) long locks of hair as worn by Bevans; bog locks
Bevan =96 1. stupid or unfashionable male; 2. geek or dork; 3. lout or
hooligan
Bevvie / bevvy - drink; beverage
Bewdie! / Bewdy! - exclamation of approval, delight, enthusiasm, etc.
Bex, a cuppa and a (good) lie down, a - stock formula used to describe
a once popular method of relaxation (from =93Bex=94, a brand of pain
killer)
Beyond the black stump - long way away, back of nowhere
Bhang =96 marijuana (Hindi, from Sanskrit)
Bi =96 (adj., n.) bisexual
Bib and bub / Bib =91n=92 bub =96 tub (=93to have a bib and bub=94 =3D =93to
take a bath=94) Bib and tucker / Bib =91n=92 tucker -
clothes
Bible-basher =96 1. person of extreme religious enthusiasm, especially
evangelical, zeal; 2. minister
Bickie / Bicky =96 1. dollar; 2. biscuit
Biddie / Biddy - woman, especially an old or fussy one
Biff =96 1. blow; 2. (n.) punch; 3. (n.) punch; 4. fighting: =93a bit of
biff=94
Biffo =96 1. fighting: =93He got into a bit of biffo=94; 2. aggressive:
=93biffo style of football commentating=94
Big and bulkie / Big and bulky / Big =91n=92 bulkie / Big =91n=92 bulky -
sulky (horse drawn carriage)
Big ask, a - request or expectation of large magnitude
which is difficult to fulfil Big bickies / Big bikkies
- lots of money
Big bucks - lots of money (originally US slang (mid-19th C.); shortened
form of =93buckskin=94, the skin of a buck or deer, formerly an accepted
form of exchange on the US frontier)
Big C =96 cancer
Big deal =96 1. big deal! - ironic exclamation indicating contempt,
disbelief, etc.; 2. big deal, a - important event; serious matter
Big girl - (derogatory) 1. effeminate male: =93I reckon blokes who don't
take on dares are big girls=94; 2. male who does not display appropriate
masculinity, especially used by males in sporting contexts
Big girl=92s blouse / Big girls blouse - (derogatory) timid,
ineffectual, effeminate male
Big gun - 1. powerful or influential person; 2. (surfing) long
surfboard for big waves; 3. influential or important: =93big gun
designers=94
Big hair - hair styled to add volume
Big head - conceited person
Big horse-cart major, the - Strine patron saint of young married
couples, or as they are sometimes indulgently known, =93nearlyweds=94.
(How the big horse-cart major came to acquire his his curious knickname
is unknown; indeed much of his life and background is obscured by
conflicting reports and cryptic half-truths. One thing, however, is
certain and that is that he has always been associated with marriage
and weddings. Today no self-respecting soloist at a Strine wedding can
be restrained from singing that so well loved melody addressed to =93Big
Horse-cart Major Mine=94)
Big jobs - (in children's speech) defecation
Big mobs (o=92) / Big mobs (of) - large number or amount: =93I'll have
big mobs of mashed potato, please=94
Big-noter - racecourse tipster; urger
Big O, the - sexual orgasm
Big one - 1. one thousand dollars; $1000; 2. (usually ironic) a dollar
coin or that amount of money (originally a US slang term for a
thousand-dollar note)
Big shot - very important person
Big Smoke, the - any of the large cities in Australia; or any built-up
or closely settled area (originally Aboriginal pidgin)
Big sook =96 very sensitive person, upsetting over nothing
Big spit, the - vomit
Big sticks =96 (pl. n.) (Australian
Rules) goal posts: =93He's dobbed it through the big sticks=94
Big swinging ***** - aggressively powerful businessman
Big time =96 (adv.) (used post-positively) to a great degree or extent:
=93You owe me big time; plunged into it big time=94
Big-time =96 (adj.) 1. at the top level in any business or pursuit:
=93big-time executive=94; 2. (of criminals, prostitutes, etc.) involved
in organised vice
Big white telephone, the - toilet
Big whoop(s) - sarcastic expression of surprise, etc.
Big whoopsie / Big whoopsy - sarcastic expression of surprise, etc.
Biggie / Biggy - anything big or bigger than usual. (This comes about
as a result of a penchant to add -ie or -y to certain words in
colloquial speech. Hence, footie or footy for football)
Bignote - bighead
Bignote oneself / Big-note oneself - brag, boast
Bike - woman who has sexual relations with many men of her
acquaintance; woman who sleeps around (i. e. everyone =93rides=94 her;
see: =93Ride 1.=94)
Biker - member of a gang of motorcycle riders
Bikie / Biky =96 1. motorcycle; 2. biker, a member of a gang of
motorcycle riders
Bikkie / Bikky =96 1. dollar; 2. money: "it cost big bikkies" - it was
expensive; 3. biscuit
Bilk =96 1. cheat or swindle; 2. defraud; 3. rip off; 4. evade payment
of a debt, etc.
Billabong =96 1. ox-bow river or watering hole; 2. riverside lagoon; 3.
part of a stream no longer flowing
Billie / Billy =96 1. large tin can used to boil
water over a campfire for tea; 2. bong for smoking marijuana or hash;
3=2E child (from rhyming slang: =93billy lid=94 =3D kid)
Billie cart / Billy cart - go-kart of a children construction
Billie lid / Billy lid =96 child; kid (rhyming slang)
Billie-oh / Billy-oh/ Billyo / Billyoh - great degree: =93scared me to
billyo=94
Bim-bye - have been attacked: =93Arm, arm, I've bin bim-bye a bull
joe=94; =93He was having a laidan when he was bim-bye a fahl-web spider=94
Bimbo - 1. (derogatory) attractive but empty-headed woman; 2. (during
the Depression) younger male homosexual companion of a tramp; 3.
(obsolete) baby (from Italian =93bimbo=94 =3D baby, from =93bambino=94 -
baby boy)
Bin =96 (v.) throw into a bin
Bindie / bindy - grassy nettle, thistle
Bindie-eye / bindy-eye - grassy nettle, thistle
Binghi - Aborigine
Bingle =96 1. =93the
bird=94, middle-finger gesture meaning =93fuck-you=94; 2. car accident
Bint =96 (n.) (derogatory) young woman (originally military slang of the
Middle East, during both World Wars, from Arabic)
Bird - 1. (derogatory) woman; 2. (horseracing) certainty to win; cert;
3=2E prison sentence; 4. prison: =93in the bird=94 (rhyming slang:
=93birdlime=94 =3D =93time=94)
Birdlime / Bird's lime / Birds lime =96 time
Birds and bees, the / Birds =91n=92 bees, the - human sexual
reproduction, as explained metaphorically to children
Birdwatcher - (jocular) male who perves at women
Birk - (derogatory): despicable person
Birthday suit =96 1. naked skin; 2. state of nakedness
Biscuit =96 cookie
Bit =96 1. sexual intercourse: =93Fancy a bit?=94; 2. a bit - modest sum
of money
Bit gone, a - mad; silly; insane
Bit more choke and (=91n=92) smb. would have started, a - statement to
somebody who has just farted loudly in public
Bit much, a - excessive or rude behavior
Bit of (o=92) a brothel, a =96 mess
Bit of (o=92) a picnic for a while (for the team), a =96 (sport)
unpleasant experience, troublesome accident, bad trot
Bit of (o=92) all right, a - something or someone that is more than all
right: lovely, eliciting admiration, beautiful even
Bit of (o=92) currie, a / Bit of (o=92) curry, a - hard time
Bit of (o=92) fluff, a - (demeaning term for) woman, especially one who
is superficially attractive
Bit of (o=92) how's your father, a - sexual intercourse
Bit of (o=92) skirt, a - (offensive) woman who a male is only interested
in for sexual purposes
Bit of (o=92) smooey, a / Bit of (o=92) smooy, a - sexual intercourse
with a woman
Bit of (o=92) understatement here, a - something or someone that is more
than all right: lovely, eliciting admiration, beautiful even
Bit on the nose, a =96 smelly
Bit on the side, a - sexual relations outside of a marriage or
monogamous relationship
Bit rough, a - unfair or unjust
***** - 1. (derogatory and offensive) disagreeable or malicious woman;
often, any self-assertive woman; 2. (derogatory and offensive) any
female: =93You bitches stay in the car=94; (although this sense dates in
British slang to the 18th C., its use in Australia is pretty-well a
1990s phenomenon borrowed from US slang where it is common in black
English, rap songs, etc.); 3. any person who says something mean and
spiteful about another; a person who makes a bitchy comment or does so
habitually; 4. (in soap operas, etc.) stock character of a calculating
and manipulating woman: =93She plays the new ***** in next season's
offering=94 (see: =93Superbitch=94); 5. something that causes great
displeasure: =93the ***** of a thing won't work=94; 6. complaint; gripe;
7=2E complain; 8. spoil; bungle; 9. exclamation, used as an accusation
when someone, either male or female, has said some cruelly cutting
remark, or has acted in a very mean way
***** of (o=92) (a thing), a - extremely annoying (thing): =93I can't get
this ***** of an engine to run=94
Bitchie / Bitchy - 1. (of a person) liable to act in a nasty manner;
inclined to make snide comments; 2. (of a comment, action, etc.)
cruelly cutting; malicious; extremely snide
Bitchin / Bitchin=92 / Bitching - excellent
Bite - 1. trouble; worry; disturb: =93What's biting him?=94; 2. react to
a provocative statement: =93I knew if I hassled you enough, you'd bite
eventually=94; 3. borrow money from (someone); 4. person from whom one
anticipates borrowing money: =93He'd be a good bite=94; 5. reaction:
=93Did you get a bite from Robin?=94
Bite short of (o=92) a bickie (bicky), a / Bite short of (o=92) a bikkie
(bikky), a - not very intelligent
Bite your bum - expression of dismissal, contempt, etc.
Bitie / Bity - biting insect
Bitsa =96 dog with mixed breeds (see: =93bitser=94, =93bitzer=94)
Bitser - mongrel (dog) (bits
of this and bits of that)
Bitumen =96 1. asphalt road surface; 2. surfaced road
Bitzer - mongrel (dog) (bits of this and bits of that)
Bizo / Bizzo =96 1.
business ("mind your own bizzo"); 2. businessman's club: =93It's on at
Carringbah bizzos=94; 2. worthless or irrelevant ideas, talk, writing,
etc.: =93politics, and all that bizzo=94
Blab =96 1. talk, especially vacuously: =93Quit blabbing!=94; 2. reveal
some information that one is supposed to keep quiet; 3. gossip
Black and tan / Black =91n=92 tan - drink made by mixing beer and stout
Black book =96 1. book of names of people liable to censure or
punishment; 2. small book containing a private list of names and
addresses of associates in business, partners in sex, crime, etc.
Black peter =96 (prison) punishment cell devoid of light or furniture
Black Stump =96 1. mythical place beyond which there is no civilisation,
way outback; 2. non-specific place in the outback
Blackfella =96 black man, black guy
Blackout - power outage
Blading - (the sport of) using rollerblades; rollerblading
Blast - 1. exclamation of anger or irritation; 2. criticise someone
abusively; 3. shoot with a firearm; 4. curt piece of abuse or
criticism: =93gave him a blast over the phone=94; 5. quickly taken
alcoholic drink
Blast off - begin: =93The party blasts off at 9 p.m.=94
Blearie eyed / Bleary eyed - suffering from a hangover or tiredness
Bleeding dog's eye / Bleeding dogs eye - meat pie with tomato sauce
(rhyming slang: =93dog's eye=94 =3D pie, with =93bleeding=94 referring to t=
he
sauce)
Bli'me / Blimie / Blimey / Blimey Charlie / Blimy =96 1. surprised; 2.
exclamation expressing surprise or amazement (shortened form of
=93gorblimey=94, from =93God blind me=94)
Blind - 1. drunk; 2. (of a pimple) not having formed a well-developed
core near the surface, and hence not able to be burst or popped
Blind Freddie / Blind Freddy - imaginary person representing the lowest
level in perception or competence
Blinder - something incredibly amazing: =93blinder of a game=94; =93one of
the rumours was a blinder=94
Blister =96 sister
Blitz - 1. (sport) bombardment of scoring, great play, etc.; 2.
concerted effort to curb some specific crime or misdemeanour waged by
some authority: =93ticket blitz=94; =93a blitz of drink driving=94; 3. beat
convincingly: =93blitzing the field in the final heat=94
Bloak - 1. man; fellow; guy; 2. affectionate term used to refer to a
male animal; 3. (obsolete) person in charge; boss; 4. (obsolete)
prostitute's pimp
Blob =96 1. no runs in cricket: =93out for a blob=94; 2. fat person
Block =96 head, self control
Block, the - part of Collins Street Melbourne, or George Street Sydney
Block and tackle / Block =91n=92 tackle =96 (n.)
(underworld, obsolete) watch and chain
Blockhead - stupid or slow person
Blockie / Blocky - rural land-owner of a small property, as opposed to
a large-scale farm
Bloke - 1. man; fellow; guy; 2. affectionate term used to refer to a
male animal; 3. (obsolete) person in charge; boss; 4. (obsolete)
prostitute's pimp [formerly also spelt =93bloak=94; from British working
class slang, perhaps from Shelta (a tinkers' jargon of Ireland and
parts of Britain); cf. British underworld slang =93gloak=94 =96 man;
Celtic =93ploc=94 - large stubborn person]
Bloke thing - interest, habit, etc., that is typically male as opposed
to female
Blokette - (jocular) blokey woman: =93all the blokes and blokettes=94
Blokey - male domain, male-orientated; crassly masculine
Blonde - stupid; dumb: =93I'm having a really blonde day=94
Blood and blister / Blood blister / Blood =91n=92 blister =96 sister
(rhyming slang)
Blood is worth bottling! / Blood's worth bottling! - exclamation of
praise
Blood oath! - definitely; yes!
Bloodie / Bloody - 1. word used to add emphasis in signifying approval,
as in =93bloody beauty=94, or disapproval, as in =93bloody *****=94; 2.
(of events) cruel; unjust; unbearable; 3. inserted between syllables to
add emphasis: =93abso-bloody-lutely=94; =93vege-bloody-mite=94; 4. very;
extremely: =93bloody wonderful game=94; =93bloody awful thing to happen=94
Bloodie galah / Bloody galah - silly person; fool
Bloodie hard yakka / Bloody hard yakka - very hard work
Bloodie nong / Bloody nong - silly person; fool
Bloodie Nora! / Bloody Nora - mild statement of amazement
Bloodie oath! / Bloodie oath I do / Bloody oath! / Bloody oath I do -
that's certainly true; yes; you really, really do approve of what's
someone is saying
Bloodie wombat / Bloody wombat =96 insult
Blotto - someone being drunk
Blouse - effeminate or ineffectual man
Blow - 1. fail in something; ruin; wreck: =93to blow an exam=94; 2.
ejaculate; experience orgasm; 3. (horseracing, etc.) (of odds on a
horse offered by bookmakers) lengthen; 4. (euphemism) damn: =93Well I'll
be blowed=94; =93Blow that!=94; 5. cocaine
Blow a blue dog off its chain - extremely windy
Blow down (one's) lug - harangue someone
Blow in - make an unexpected visit; drop in
Blow-in =96 1. stranger in a town; 2. newcomer
Blow in the bag - have a breathalyzer test
Blow it out your arse! - exclamation of contempt
***** / Blow-job - act of fellatio
Blow me down! - expression of amazement
Blow one=92s dough =96 spend all one=92s money
Blow one=92s mind =96 1. (of a drug) produce an altered state of
consciousness; 2. totally amaze
Blow out =96 (horseracing, etc.) (of odds on a horse offered by
bookmakers) lengthen
Blow ***** out of someone - reprimand someone severely
Blow smb. out - amaze someone
Blow the gaff =96 (older slang) disclose a secret; reveal the truth,
often unintentionally
Blow through =96 leave in a hurry
Blow up =96 1. scold; abuse; 2. lose one's temper
Blower =96 1. supercharger in an engine; 2. telephone
Blowie / Blowy - 1. blowfly; 2. blowfish
Blown-away - amazed, usually from delight
Blown-out - amazed, usually from delight
BLT - bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich
Blubber - jellyfish
Bludge - 1. (originally) pimp; live on the earnings of a prostitute; 2.
waste time, as lesson time or work time; 3. cadge: =93Can I bludge a
piece of your pie?=94; 4. job, task, etc. which entails next to no work:
=93This class is an absolute bludge=94
Bludge a fag - have a cigarette
Bludge on - impose on others
Bludger - 1. someone who imposes on others, evades responsibilities,
does not do a fair share of the work, etc.; 2. lazy person; 3.
(obsolete) man living on the earnings of a prostitute; pimp (variant of
earlier thieve's slang =93bludgeoner=94 - thug who uses a bludgeon)
Blue - 1. dismal: =93I'm feeling blue=94; 2. obscene; pertaining to
obscenity: =93blue joke=94; =93blue movie=94; 3. fight; dispute; row;
argue; 4. error; 5. drunk; 6. (obsolete) spend wastefully; squander:
=93blued his cheque=94; 7. nickname for a readhead
Blue balls =96 (pl. n.) painful, temporary condition of the testicles
which may follow a long period of unrelieved sexual arousal
Blue blazes - (pl. n.) intensifier: =93What the blue blazes are you
doing?=94; =93drove like blue blazes=94
Blue-flame - ignite a burst of flatulence
Blue, Hala =96 see: Hala Blue
Blue Heeler - breed of Australian cattle dog; police
Blue meanie / Blue meany - hallucinogenic mushroom
Blue mouldie / Blue mouldy =96 (obsolete) out of sorts; stale: =93bloke
goes blue mouldy in a place like this=94
Blue movie / Blue movy - pornographic film
Blue murder - serious trouble
Blue singlet / Blue-singlet - working class (man)
Blue
swimmer - $10 note, blue in colour
Bluebottle - policeman
Blues =96 (pl. n.) despondency; melancholy
Bluey =96 1. (history) rolled blanket (originally blue) containing the
possessions carried by a traveller through the bush; swag; shiralee; 2.
pack; equipment; 3. traffic ticket; 4. swag; 5. redhead; 6. blue cattle
dog (named after its subtle markings) which is an excellent working
dog. (Everyone's favourite all-Aussie dog)
Blunder - mistake
Blundstone - elastic-sided work boot
Blunnie / Blunny -
elastic-sided work boot; (pl. n.) pair of leather boots of the
=93Blundstone=94 brand, very popular in Tasmania, where the company
originated in 1870
BO - body odour, especially due to excessive perspiration (standing for
=93Body Odour=94)
Bo Peep =96 1. sleep; 2. (n.) look
Boarder - person who snowboards
Boardies =96 (pl. n.) board shorts (for surfing)
Boatie / Boaty =96 1. person
into sailing; 2. person who owns and runs a small craft
Boatrace - 1. face (rhyming slang); 2. competition between teams of
beer drinkers to see which team can drink its beer the fastest
Bob =96 1. dime, one shilling coin (10 cents in the new money); 2. (pl.)
money
Bob Hope =96 1. soap; 2. dope (rhyming slang from Bob Hope, well-known
American comedian)
Bob in - (formerly) subscription of one shilling to a common fund (18th
C=2E British slang for a shilling)
Bob=92s your uncle =96 1. someone just understood something that at first
he did not understand; 2. it=92s all right
Bob Powell =96 towel
Bobbie / Bobby - police officer; prison officer; screw [special use of
Bobby for Sir Robert Peel, who as British Home Secretary, organised the
Metropolitan Police Force (1828)]
Bobbie-dazzler / Bobby-dazzler - that which is excellent
Bobbie Martin / Bobby Martin - carton
Bobbie rock(s) / Bobby rock(s) =96 (pair of) sock(s)
Bobs =96 (pl.) money
Bod =96 1. person: =93odd bod=94; 2. body: =93He's got a cute bod!=94
Bodacious - remarkable; outstanding (from US slang, from British
dialect =93boldacious=94, a blend of =93bold=94 + =93audacious=94)
Bodacious tatars - remarkable breasts (coined by Sydney morning radio
show host Doug Mulray in the 1980s)
Bodge - 1. do something incorrectly but so as to make it appear right;
do something or make something in a sloppy manner: =93I bodged together
a few examples=94; 2. ruin; wreck: =93Now you've really bodged it=94; 3.
(in the 1950s and 60s) young man belonging to an anti-social subculture
(known as =93bodgies and widgies=94) that rejected the morality and
general world-view of the time. (Bodgies were especially noted for
violent behaviour, free sexuality and being influenced by American
fashions. They characteristically had long hair, wore drape style,
waistless jackets, and rode motorcycles.)
Bodge up - ruin; wreck (backformation from =93Bodgie=94)
Bodger =96 1. worthless person; 2. inferior; 3. false; 4. second-rate
(as a name, receipt, etc.) (obsolete British =93bodge=94 - patch or mend
clumsily)
Bodgie / Bodgy =96 1. worthless or faulty product: =93That watch is a bit
bodgy!=94; false; assumed; bad; 2. (in 1950s and 60s) young man
belonging to an anti-social subculture (known as =93bodgies and
widgies=94) that rejected the morality and general world-view of the
time. (Bodgies were especially noted for violent behaviour, free
sexuality and being influenced by American fashions. They
characteristically had long hair, wore drape style, waistless jackets,
and rode motorcycles); 3. repair superficially; quickly remove any
obvious defects (from bodg(er) + -ie)
Bodgie up /Bodgy up - repair superficially; quickly remove any obvious
defects (from bodg(er) + -ie)
Bodice ripper - paperback romance novel with a pictorial cover
featuring a man and woman in a steamy pose
Boff - have sexual intercourse
Boffin - person who is enthusiastic for and knowledgeable in any
pursuit, activity, study, etc., especially a research scientist
Bog =96 1. going to the toilet; defecate; 2. (chiefly British) lavatory,
toilet; 3. putty-like material applied to the body of a motor vehicle
to patch up a hole after the rust has been cut out; 4. (WA mining) work
shovelling ore underground
Bog house - outside toilet
Bog in =96 1.
commence eating; attack food with enthusiasm; 2. begin a task with
enthusiasm
Bog it in =96 1. win easily; 2. perform a task easily (from =93bog=94 -
wet, spongy ground, from Gaelic)
Bog locks =96 (pl. n., WA) long locks of hair as worn by bogans; Bev
curls
Bog standard / Bog standart - not containing any special features
Bog stock - not containing any special features
Bogan - 1. fool; idiot; 2. (WA, Tasmania) lout or hooligan, especially
of a particular social group noted for wearing black shirt and jeans.
In Hobart equivalent to a =93Chigga=94 (probably from Bogan - a river in
NSW)
Bogey - 1. swim or bath in a creek, waterhole, dam, etc.;
2=2E swimming hole; 3. take a bath or swim in a bogeyhole; 4. piece of
nasal mucus, either dried, moist or semi-dried: =93You got a bogey on
your chin=94; 5. expel snot from the nose: =93Don't bogey on it=94. Also,
=93Bogie=94, =93Boogie=94 [cf. 19th C. British dialect (Warwickshire)
=93bug=94, (West Yorkshire) =93boggart=94, (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
=93boggle=94 dried nasal mucus; late 19th C. US slang =93boogie=94]
Bogeyhole - swimming hole
Bogger =96 toilet
Boghouse - toilet, especially an outside toilet
Bogie / Bogy =96 1. take a bath or swim in a bogeyhole (from the
Aboriginal language Dharuk); 2. expel snot from the nose: =93Don't bogey
on it=94 [cf. 19th C. British dialect (Warwickshire) =93bug=94, (west
Yorkshire) =93boggart=94, (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) =93boggle=94 dried
nasal mucus; late 19th C. US slang =93boogie=94]
Bogus =96 1. very bad; no good: =93That was a bogus stunt you pulled=94;
2=2E unfair; 3. worthless: =93Your dad is totally bogus=94 [originally US
slang (early 19th C.); from =93bogus=94 - counterfeit; origin uncertain;
cf. Hausa (a West African language) =93boko=94 - deceit; Louisiana French
=93bogue=94 =96 fake]
Boil - feel very hot
Boil the billie / Boil the billy =96 1. make tea, not necessarily with a
billy can; 2. stop for refreshments
Boil-up - 1. (prison) illegal brewing of tea or some other hot beverage
in one's cell; 2. sudden excitement or conflict
Boiler - old woman
Boilover - 1. win by long-priced entrant in horse or greyhound race; 2.
sudden conflict between persons
Boll =96 glass container with narrow neck: =93boller brosser pearl=94;
=93sick sands bolls=94; =93less cracker boll=94, etc.
Boller - glass container with narrow neck: =93boller brosser pearl=94;
=93sick sands bolls=94; =93less cracker boll=94, etc.
Bollickie / Bollicky - (adj.) completely naked
Bollicks =96 (pl. n.) 1. testicles; 2. rubbish; nonsense; 3. exclamation
decrying the verity of another's statement. Also, =93ballocks=94,
=93bollocks=94 (from Middle English =93ballokes=94, Old English
=93beallucas=94 - testicles)
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